crina

noun

The verdict

“crina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,322 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,322
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de pelagem dos animais, principalmente equídeos como o cavalo, asno e a zebra

Corpus desk

Index PT-crina · crina · Portuguese

crina · rank #54,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,322
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH couraça

Nearest frequency peer: couraça (-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 “crina”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crina
PropertyValue
Headwordcrina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,322
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “crina” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).crinacai 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: “couraça” (#54,318), “deer” (#54,329), “colonoscopia” (#54,303). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “crina” fica em #54,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,322 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tipo de pelagem dos animais, principalmente equídeos como o cavalo, asno e a zebra".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crina, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is crina, spelled C-R-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo de pelagem dos animais, principalmente equídeos como o cavalo, asno e a zebra

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Com a fronte erguida, coroada pela crina soberba que o vento agita como a juba do leão, o altivo corcel lança pelo vale um olhar sobranceiro.

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 "crina"?
"crina" is spelled C-R-I-N-A.
What does "crina" mean?
As a noun, "crina" means: tipo de pelagem dos animais, principalmente equídeos como o cavalo, asno e a zebra
What language does "crina" come from?
"crina" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list