enxaqueca

noun

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The verdict

“enxaqueca” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,702
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça

Corpus desk

Index PT-enxaqueca · enxaqueca · Portuguese

enxaqueca · rank #19,702 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,702
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eritreia

Nearest frequency peer: Eritreia (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “enxaqueca”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “enxaqueca” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enxaqueca
PropertyValue
Headwordenxaqueca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,702
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “enxaqueca”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).enxaquecacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Eritreia” (#19,703), “escovar” (#19,705), “embargo” (#19,696). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “enxaqueca” fica em #19,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around enxaqueca, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,702 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for enxaqueca, with forms such as "enaxqueca", "ennxaqueca", and "enxaqeuca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is enxaqueca, spelled E-N-X-A-Q-U-E-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O jogador não atuou contra o Botafogo em razão de uma enxaqueca e crise de hipertensão.

Synonyms

mururu

This word in other languages

migraine(English)migraña(Español)migraine(Français)migräne(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enaxqueca
  • ennxaqueca
  • enxaqeuca
  • enxaqqueca
  • enxaqucea
  • enxaqueac
  • enxaquecca
  • enxauqeca
  • enxqaueca
  • enxxaqueca
  • exnaqueca
  • nexaqueca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enxaqueca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enaxqueca2ennxaqueca1enxaqeuca2enxaqqueca1enxaqucea2enxaqueac2enxaquecca1enxauqeca2
Edit distance from "enxaqueca"

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 "enxaqueca"?
"enxaqueca" is spelled E-N-X-A-Q-U-E-C-A.
What does "enxaqueca" mean?
As a noun, "enxaqueca" means: condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça
What are common misspellings of "enxaqueca"?
Common misspellings include "enaxqueca", "ennxaqueca", "enxaqeuca", "enxaqqueca", "enxaqucea". The correct spelling is "enxaqueca".
What language does "enxaqueca" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list