cor de pulga
/ˈkoɾ dɨ ˈpul.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“cor de pulga” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se daquilo que tem, ou ficou com, tom acastanhado como a pulga
Corpus desk
Index PT-cor-de-pulga · cor de pulga · Portuguese
cor de pulga · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | cor de pulga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈkoɾ dɨ ˈpul.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cor de pulga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cor de pulga is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /ˈkoɾ dɨ ˈpul.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se daquilo que tem, ou ficou com, tom acastanhado como a pulga".
cor de pulga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cor de pulga, spelled C-O-R- -D-E- -P-U-L-G-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se daquilo que tem, ou ficou com, tom acastanhado como a pulga
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.