catinga
/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“catinga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,382 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,382
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - avaro, tacanho
Corpus desk
Index PT-catinga · catinga · Portuguese
catinga · rank #75,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,382
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH capoeirista
Nearest frequency peer: capoeirista (-7 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 “catinga”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- breque
breque
24,651 corpus weight
- cagaço
cagaço
24,639 corpus weight
- calva
calva
24,635 corpus weight
- capoeirista
capoeirista
24,626 corpus weight
- catinga
catinga
24,619 corpus weight
- certíssima
certíssima
24,611 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “catinga” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catinga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “catinga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
catinga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,382 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "avaro, tacanho".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for catinga, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is catinga, spelled C-A-T-I-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1avaro, tacanho
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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