cestinha

noun

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The verdict

“cestinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,203 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,203
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o jogador que mais marca pontos durante uma determinada ocasião

Corpus desk

Index PT-cestinha · cestinha · Portuguese

cestinha · rank #53,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,203
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cavanhaque

Nearest frequency peer: cavanhaque (-6 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 “cestinha”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cestinha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cestinha
PropertyValue
Headwordcestinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,203
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cestinha” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cestinhacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “cavanhaque” (#53,197), “Comanche” (#53,215), “compota” (#53,221). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cestinha” fica em #53,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cestinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,203 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o jogador que mais marca pontos durante uma determinada ocasião".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cestinha, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cestinha, spelled C-E-S-T-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    o jogador que mais marca pontos durante uma determinada ocasião

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cestinha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ela foi a cestinha da partida.
  2. Ela foi a cestinha do campeonato.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cestinha"?
"cestinha" is spelled C-E-S-T-I-N-H-A.
What does "cestinha" mean?
As a noun, "cestinha" means: o jogador que mais marca pontos durante uma determinada ocasião
What language does "cestinha" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cestinha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Comanche#53,215desejoso#53,261gentalha#53,335grampear#53,340

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list