canga
/ˈkɐ̃.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“canga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,016 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,016
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é pouco desembaraçado
Corpus desk
Index PT-canga · canga · Portuguese
canga · rank #62,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,016
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cardo
Nearest frequency peer: cardo (+4 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 “canga”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- canga
canga
37,985 corpus weight
- cardo
cardo
37,981 corpus weight
- Cayenne
Cayenne
37,976 corpus weight
- charrete
charrete
37,968 corpus weight
- chavo
chavo
37,967 corpus weight
- coité
coité
37,954 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “canga” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɐ̃.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “canga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
canga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,016 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɐ̃.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que é pouco desembaraçado".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for canga, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is canga, spelled C-A-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1que é pouco desembaraçado
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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