cinefilia
The verdict
“cinefilia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,605 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,605
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entusiasmo e fascinação pelo cinema
Corpus desk
Index PT-cinefilia · cinefilia · Portuguese
cinefilia · rank #93,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,605
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH ciclagem
Nearest frequency peer: ciclagem (-1 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 “cinefilia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- catequizar
catequizar
6,419 corpus weight
- chalana
chalana
6,409 corpus weight
- charanga
charanga
6,405 corpus weight
- charlot
charlot
6,404 corpus weight
- ciclagem
ciclagem
6,397 corpus weight
- cinefilia
cinefilia
6,396 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cinefilia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinefilia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cinefilia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cinefilia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,605 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entusiasmo e fascinação pelo cinema".
cinefilia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cinefilia, spelled C-I-N-E-F-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1entusiasmo e fascinação pelo cinema
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cinefilia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais do que qualquer outra grande cidade do mundo, Paris é a capital da cinefilia.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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