efedrina
The verdict
“efedrina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,220 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alcalóide cristalino branco simpatomático (similar aos derivados sintéticos da anfetamina), de fórmula C₁₀H₁₅NO), extraído do arbusto de gênero Éfedra ou produzido sinteticamente, usado sobretudo ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | efedrina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “efedrina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
efedrina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,220 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alcalóide cristalino branco simpatomático (similar aos derivados sintéticos da anfetamina), de fórmula C₁₀H₁₅NO), extraído do arbusto de gênero Éfedra ou produzido sinteticamente, usado sobretudo ...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for efedrina, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 efedrina, spelled E-F-E-D-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1alcalóide cristalino branco simpatomático (similar aos derivados sintéticos da anfetamina), de fórmula C₁₀H₁₅NO), extraído do arbusto de gênero Éfedra ou produzido sinteticamente, usado sobretudo no tratamento de hipopressão sanguínea, hemorragias e para aliviar febre do feno, asma e congestão nasal; é muito utilizada em medicamentos para emagrecer, pois promove a aceleração do metabolismo
This word in other languages
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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Using “efedrina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-F-E-D-R-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.