cinque
/ˈʧiŋkue/
The verdict
“cinque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,687 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,687
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cinco (5, V)
Corpus desk
Index PT-cinque · cinque · Portuguese
cinque · rank #66,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,687
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cheek
Nearest frequency peer: cheek (-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 “cinque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cesárea
cesárea
33,320 corpus weight
- cheek
cheek
33,317 corpus weight
- cinque
cinque
33,314 corpus weight
- coaxial
coaxial
33,309 corpus weight
- colhões
colhões
33,304 corpus weight
- coser
coser
33,286 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cinque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈʧiŋkue/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cinque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cinque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,687 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈʧiŋkue/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cinco (5, V)".
cinque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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 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 cinque, spelled C-I-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1cinco (5, V)
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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