efedrina

noun

The verdict

“efedrina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,220 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,220
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-efedrina · efedrina · Portuguese

efedrina · rank #70,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,220
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH embaraçado

Nearest frequency peer: embaraçado (+6 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 “efedrina”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for efedrina
PropertyValue
Headwordefedrina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “efedrina” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.efedrinacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “embaraçado” (#70,226), “dosar” (#70,213), “donatário” (#70,211). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “efedrina” fica em #70,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

efedrina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,220 among 1,279 “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

  1. 1
    alcalóide 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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Além das duas, outras quatro drogas foram encontradas no corpo do cantor, entre elas diazepam, lidocaína e efedrina.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "efedrina"?
"efedrina" is spelled E-F-E-D-R-I-N-A.
What does "efedrina" mean?
As a noun, "efedrina" means: alcalóide cristalino branco simpatomático (similar aos derivados sintéticos da anfetamina), de fórmula C₁₀H₁₅NO), extraído do arbusto de gênero Éfedra ou produzido sinteti­camente, usado sobretudo ...
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list