crina
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
- charm
charm
45,704 corpus weight
- chopper
chopper
45,702 corpus weight
- colonoscopia
colonoscopia
45,698 corpus weight
- couraça
couraça
45,683 corpus weight
- crina
crina
45,679 corpus weight
- deer
deer
45,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “crina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “crina” em português
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
- 1tipo de pelagem dos animais, principalmente equídeos como o cavalo, asno e a zebra
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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