eine
/aɪnə/
The verdict
“eine” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,506 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an article. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,506
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artigo indefinido (positivo) nominativo feminino: um, uma
Corpus desk
Index PT-eine · eine · Portuguese
eine · rank #75,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,506
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH efusivamente
Nearest frequency peer: efusivamente (-2 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 “eine”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- doutrinar
doutrinar
24,508 corpus weight
- drip
drip
24,505 corpus weight
- dummy
dummy
24,503 corpus weight
- efusivamente
efusivamente
24,497 corpus weight
- eine
eine
24,495 corpus weight
- Embratur
Embratur
24,492 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “eine” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eine |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Article |
| IPA | /aɪnə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “eine” em português
Rare enough to double-check
eine is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,506 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anarticle, transcribed /aɪnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for eine, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is eine, spelled E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1artigo indefinido (positivo) nominativo feminino: um, uma
- 2artigo indefinido (positivo) acusativo feminino: um, uma
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist eine Glühbirne.
Er isst eine Suppe.
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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