camorra
The verdict
“camorra” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,770 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,770
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organização criminosa de origem napolitana
Corpus desk
Index PT-camorra · camorra · Portuguese
camorra · rank #90,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,770
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH calista
Nearest frequency peer: calista (-3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “camorra”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bleed
bleed
9,261 corpus weight
- bolsonarismo
bolsonarismo
9,257 corpus weight
- calista
calista
9,234 corpus weight
- camorra
camorra
9,231 corpus weight
- canarana
canarana
9,228 corpus weight
- clockwork
clockwork
9,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “camorra” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camorra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “camorra” em português
Rare enough to double-check
camorra is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,770 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for camorra in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is camorra, spelled C-A-M-O-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1organização criminosa de origem napolitana
- 2grupo ou associação clandestina com fins ilícitos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how camorra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«A polícia realizou uma operação contra a camorra em Nápoles.»
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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