cumbuca

noun

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The verdict

“cumbuca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,569 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,569
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cabaça grande com boca estreita

Corpus desk

Index PT-cumbuca · cumbuca · Portuguese

cumbuca · rank #96,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,569
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cognome

Nearest frequency peer: cognome (-42 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 “cumbuca”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cumbuca
PropertyValue
Headwordcumbuca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,569
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cumbuca” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cumbucacai 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: “cognome” (#96,527), “cacofonia” (#96,487), “elogioso” (#96,654). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cumbuca” fica em #96,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cumbuca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,569 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cumbuca in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cumbuca, spelled C-U-M-B-U-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    cabaça grande com boca estreita
  2. 2
    casa de jogo
  3. 3
    violão
  4. 4
    armadilha
  5. 5
    combuca; cuiambuca

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quero ganhar na pescaria um vidro do perfume “Dirce”, patchulli dos bons, e mais um sabonete Eucalol e uma cumbuca de glostora, pra mode está bem cheiroso o resto da domingueira.» De: Sérgio da Costa Ramos, titular da cadeira 19 da Academia Catarinense de Letras. http://www.umdedodeprosa.cce.ufsc.br/arquivos/35/livreto.pdf

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 "cumbuca"?
"cumbuca" is spelled C-U-M-B-U-C-A.
What does "cumbuca" mean?
As a noun, "cumbuca" means: cabaça grande com boca estreita
What language does "cumbuca" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cognome#96,527estufar#96,690guariba#96,774visible#96,317

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list