colonoscopia

noun

The verdict

“colonoscopia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,303 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,303
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exame endoscópico do intestino grosso e porção distal do íleo

Corpus desk

Index PT-colonoscopia · colonoscopia · Portuguese

colonoscopia · rank #54,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,303
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH chopper

Nearest frequency peer: chopper (-4 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 “colonoscopia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colonoscopia
PropertyValue
Headwordcolonoscopia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “colonoscopia” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).colonoscopiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “chopper” (#54,299), “charm” (#54,297), “chamariz” (#54,295). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “colonoscopia” fica em #54,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colonoscopia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,303 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "exame endoscópico do intestino grosso e porção distal do íleo".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for colonoscopia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is colonoscopia, spelled C-O-L-O-N-O-S-C-O-P-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    exame endoscópico do intestino grosso e porção distal do íleo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fazem parte da lista, por exemplo, colonoscopia, videolaparoscopia, biópsias, transplante de córnea e cirurgia cardíaca pediátrica e neonatal.

Synonyms

coloscopia

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 "colonoscopia"?
"colonoscopia" is spelled C-O-L-O-N-O-S-C-O-P-I-A.
What does "colonoscopia" mean?
As a noun, "colonoscopia" means: exame endoscópico do intestino grosso e porção distal do íleo
What language does "colonoscopia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list