coqueluche
The verdict
“coqueluche” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,436 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,436
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença altamente contagiosa e perigosa para crianças causada pela bactéria Bordetella pertussis, prevenível por vacinação, que causa tosse violenta, contínua e dolorosa
Corpus desk
Index PT-coqueluche · coqueluche · Portuguese
coqueluche · rank #75,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,436
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH corneteiro
Nearest frequency peer: corneteiro (+1 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 “coqueluche”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- consertada
consertada
24,574 corpus weight
- contrarieda…
contrariedade
24,571 corpus weight
- coqueluche
coqueluche
24,565 corpus weight
- corneteiro
corneteiro
24,564 corpus weight
- cortisona
cortisona
24,561 corpus weight
- cozinheiras
cozinheiras
24,559 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “coqueluche” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coqueluche |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “coqueluche” em português
Rare enough to double-check
coqueluche is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,436 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for coqueluche in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is coqueluche, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1doença altamente contagiosa e perigosa para crianças causada pela bactéria Bordetella pertussis, prevenível por vacinação, que causa tosse violenta, contínua e dolorosa
- 2modismo momentâneo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coqueluche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Segundo ele, hoje, para vacinar uma criança contra difteria, tétano, coqueluche, sarampo, tuberculose e pólio, gasta-se apenas US$ 1.
O repórter pergunta se viu Tropa de Elite, a atual coqueluche sobre o tema.
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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