charneca
/ʃɐɾ.ˈnɛ.kɐ/
The verdict
“charneca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,398 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,398
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome comum português da Erica vulgaris
Corpus desk
Index PT-charneca · charneca · Portuguese
charneca · rank #58,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,398
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cercanias
Nearest frequency peer: cercanias (-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 “charneca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- carimbar
carimbar
41,613 corpus weight
- caucasiano
caucasiano
41,610 corpus weight
- cercanias
cercanias
41,607 corpus weight
- charneca
charneca
41,603 corpus weight
- cimentar
cimentar
41,598 corpus weight
- claríssimo
claríssimo
41,596 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “charneca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charneca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɐɾ.ˈnɛ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “charneca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
charneca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,398 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɐɾ.ˈnɛ.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for charneca in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is charneca, spelled C-H-A-R-N-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1nome comum português da Erica vulgaris
- 2vegetação xerófila de Portugal, análoga ao maquis do Mediterrâneo francês e ao heath das ilhas britânicas
- 3por extensão, habitat onde essa planta pode ser encontrada; terreno árido e pedregoso
- 4área de características pantanosas, como brejo ou banhado
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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