coalho
/ˈkwa.ʎu/
The verdict
“coalho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,006 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,006
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sólido formado pela concreção dos dissoltos num líquido
Corpus desk
Index PT-coalho · coalho · Portuguese
coalho · rank #59,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,006
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH compreensivel…
Nearest frequency peer: compreensivelmente (+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 “coalho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bê
bê
41,024 corpus weight
- casebre
casebre
41,011 corpus weight
- castrense
castrense
41,010 corpus weight
- cervejeiro
cervejeiro
41,003 corpus weight
- coalho
coalho
40,995 corpus weight
- compreensiv…
compreensivelmente
40,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “coalho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coalho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwa.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “coalho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
coalho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,006 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwa.ʎu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coalho, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is coalho, spelled C-O-A-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1sólido formado pela concreção dos dissoltos num líquido
- 2substância que ajuda a que aconteça a coalhadura
Synonyms
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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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