canaleta
The verdict
“canaleta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,567 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,567
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça ou estrutura em forma de canal usada para conduzir água ou outros líquidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-canaleta · canaleta · Portuguese
canaleta · rank #93,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,567
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH calistenia
Nearest frequency peer: calistenia (-5 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 “canaleta”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- calistenia
calistenia
6,439 corpus weight
- canaleta
canaleta
6,434 corpus weight
- carreto
carreto
6,422 corpus weight
- catequizar
catequizar
6,419 corpus weight
- chalana
chalana
6,409 corpus weight
- charanga
charanga
6,405 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “canaleta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canaleta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “canaleta” em português
Rare enough to double-check
canaleta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,567 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for canaleta in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is canaleta, spelled C-A-N-A-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1peça ou estrutura em forma de canal usada para conduzir água ou outros líquidos
- 2peça alongada com rebaixo usada para conduzir ou proteger fios elétricos e cabos
- 3rebaixo ou sulco em superfícies para encaixar peças ou guiar mecanismos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canaleta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A canaleta leva a água da chuva até o reservatório
Instalaram a canaleta para organizar a fiação no escritório
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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