faringite

/fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ/

//fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ// noun

The verdict

“faringite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,962 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,962
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inflamação na faringe.

Corpus desk

Index PT-faringite · faringite · Portuguese

faringite · rank #73,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,962
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fertilizar

Nearest frequency peer: fertilizar (+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 “faringite”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faringite
PropertyValue
Headwordfaringite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “faringite” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).faringitecai 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: “fertilizar” (#73,968), “faina” (#73,955), “fisiologista” (#73,971). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “faringite” fica em #73,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faringite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,962 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inflamação na faringe.".

faringite has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 faringite, spelled F-A-R-I-N-G-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    inflamação na faringe.

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 "faringite"?
"faringite" is spelled F-A-R-I-N-G-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ/.
What does "faringite" mean?
As a noun, "faringite" means: inflamação na faringe.
How do you pronounce "faringite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faringite" is /fɐ.ɾĩ.ˈʒi.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list