enxaqueca
The verdict
“enxaqueca” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #19,702 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,702
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enxaqueca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enxaqueca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for enxaqueca is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #19,702 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça
Synonyms
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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.
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 “enxaqueca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-X-A-Q-U-E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
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.