candeia
/kɐ̃.ˈdɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“candeia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,830 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,830
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - utensílio doméstico rústico usado para iluminação, com pavio abastecido a óleo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candeia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ̃.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “candeia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for candeia is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ̃.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,830 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for candeia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 candeia, spelled C-A-N-D-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1utensílio doméstico rústico usado para iluminação, com pavio abastecido a óleo
- 2vela de cera
- 3designação comum a várias espécies vegetais arbóreas da família das compostas
- 4flor masculina do castanheiro
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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Using “candeia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-N-D-E-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ̃.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.