covinha
/kɔ.ˈvi.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“covinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,614 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,614
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno buraco na face de uma pessoa ou no seu queixo
Corpus desk
Index PT-covinha · covinha · Portuguese
covinha · rank #78,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,614
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH daltonismo
Nearest frequency peer: daltonismo (+11 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 “covinha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- carago
carago
21,437 corpus weight
- chaise
chaise
21,431 corpus weight
- covinha
covinha
21,387 corpus weight
- daltonismo
daltonismo
21,376 corpus weight
- deleitar
deleitar
21,367 corpus weight
- desvario
desvario
21,341 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “covinha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | covinha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔ.ˈvi.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “covinha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
covinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,614 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɔ.ˈvi.ɲɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for covinha, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is covinha, spelled C-O-V-I-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno buraco na face de uma pessoa ou no seu queixo
- 2forma de petróglifo que é um pequeno buraco na superfície de uma rocha
Synonyms
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).