coronha
/ku.ˈɾo.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“coronha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,026 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,026
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte da arma, geralmente de madeira, onde se encaixa o cano e por onde é empunhada
Corpus desk
Index PT-coronha · coronha · Portuguese
coronha · rank #56,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,026
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH contraceptivo
Nearest frequency peer: contraceptivo (-5 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 “coronha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cocada
cocada
43,994 corpus weight
- congestiona…
congestionado
43,983 corpus weight
- contracepti…
contraceptivo
43,980 corpus weight
- coronha
coronha
43,975 corpus weight
- cómoda
cómoda
43,968 corpus weight
- deontologia
deontologia
43,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “coronha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coronha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ˈɾo.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “coronha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
coronha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,026 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ku.ˈɾo.ɲɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "parte da arma, geralmente de madeira, onde se encaixa o cano e por onde é empunhada".
coronha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is coronha, spelled C-O-R-O-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1parte da arma, geralmente de madeira, onde se encaixa o cano e por onde é empunhada
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coronha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viu ele descer ameaçadora a coronha do bacamarte e fechou os olhos.
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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