efedrina
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
- desempatar
desempatar
29,808 corpus weight
- donatário
donatário
29,790 corpus weight
- dosar
dosar
29,788 corpus weight
- efedrina
efedrina
29,781 corpus weight
- embaraçado
embaraçado
29,775 corpus weight
- espora
espora
29,756 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “efedrina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “efedrina” em português
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
- 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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how efedrina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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