colcheia
/koɫ.ˈʃɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“colcheia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - figura musical (♪) cuja duração é de um oitavo de uma semibreve ou metade de uma semínima
Corpus desk
Index PT-colcheia · colcheia · Portuguese
colcheia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colcheia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /koɫ.ˈʃɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “colcheia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
colcheia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /koɫ.ˈʃɐj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "figura musical (♪) cuja duração é de um oitavo de uma semibreve ou metade de uma semínima".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colcheia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is colcheia, spelled C-O-L-C-H-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1figura musical (♪) cuja duração é de um oitavo de uma semibreve ou metade de uma semínima
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.