chicória
/ʃi.ˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/
The verdict
“chicória” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,001 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,001
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome vulgar de plantas herbáceas da família das Compostas, como a chicória-do-café, chicória-brava, chicória-crespa, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-chicoria · chicória · Portuguese
chicória · rank #68,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,001
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH claim
Nearest frequency peer: claim (+3 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 “chicória”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- carril
carril
32,011 corpus weight
- caxiense
caxiense
32,007 corpus weight
- chicória
chicória
32,000 corpus weight
- claim
claim
31,997 corpus weight
- consignação
consignação
31,981 corpus weight
- contorcer
contorcer
31,980 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chicória” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicória |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃi.ˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chicória” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chicória is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,001 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃi.ˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chicória, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is chicória, spelled C-H-I-C-Ó-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1nome vulgar de plantas herbáceas da família das Compostas, como a chicória-do-café, chicória-brava, chicória-crespa, etc
- 2pessoa impertinente e egoísta
This word in other languages
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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