chincha
The verdict
“chincha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,707 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,707
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - barco de pesca
Corpus desk
Index PT-chincha · chincha · Portuguese
chincha · rank #62,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,707
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cisalhamento
Nearest frequency peer: cisalhamento (+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 “chincha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- carmim
carmim
37,315 corpus weight
- cavo
cavo
37,306 corpus weight
- chincha
chincha
37,294 corpus weight
- cisalhamento
cisalhamento
37,288 corpus weight
- concessioná…
concessionário
37,280 corpus weight
- conduct
conduct
37,277 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chincha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chincha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chincha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chincha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,707 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chincha in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is chincha, spelled C-H-I-N-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1barco de pesca
- 2rede pequena, utilizada no arrastão
- 3instrumento feito de barbantes e utilizado para firmar o arreio, o pelego, a badana, e o bacheiro que estão sobre as costas do cavalo
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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