colagénio

noun

The verdict

“colagénio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,927 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,927
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - proteína animal

Corpus desk

Index PT-colagenio · colagénio · Portuguese

colagénio · rank #81,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,927
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH clam

Nearest frequency peer: clam (-7 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 “colagénio”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “colagénio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colagénio
PropertyValue
Headwordcolagénio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “colagénio” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).colagéniocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “clam” (#81,920), “cifrão” (#81,917), “confidência” (#81,937). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “colagénio” fica em #81,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colagénio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,927 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "proteína animal".

colagénio has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is colagénio, spelled C-O-L-A-G-É-N-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    proteína animal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how colagénio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «O colagénio é a proteína mais abundante no corpo humano, sendo essencial para a estrutura dos tecidos conjuntivos.»

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colagénio"?
"colagénio" is spelled C-O-L-A-G-É-N-I-O.
What does "colagénio" mean?
As a noun, "colagénio" means: proteína animal
What language does "colagénio" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colagénio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list