dinar

noun

The verdict

“dinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,429 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,429
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade monetária de diversos países

Corpus desk

Index PT-dinar · dinar · Portuguese

dinar · rank #65,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,429
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH distribution

Nearest frequency peer: distribution (+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 “dinar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dinar
PropertyValue
Headworddinar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “dinar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).dinarcai 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: “distribution” (#65,434), “despedaçar” (#65,422), “desintoxicar” (#65,417). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dinar” fica em #65,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,429 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unidade monetária de diversos países".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dinar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is dinar, spelled D-I-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade monetária de diversos países

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Muitos iraquianos perderam a confiança na única cédula em circulação, a nota de 10 mil dinares, que começou a ser produzida no ano passado pelo antigo regime.

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 "dinar"?
"dinar" is spelled D-I-N-A-R.
What does "dinar" mean?
As a noun, "dinar" means: unidade monetária de diversos países
What language does "dinar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dinar", 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