galinhola
/ɡɐ.li.ˈɲɔ.lɐ/
The verdict
“galinhola” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ave de arribação da família dos escolopacídeos, muito caçada em Portugal no outono e no inverno, também conhecida por bicuda
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galinhola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.li.ˈɲɔ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galinhola” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for galinhola is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɐ.li.ˈɲɔ.lɐ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ave de arribação da família dos escolopacídeos, muito caçada em Portugal no outono e no inverno, também conhecida por bicuda".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for galinhola, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is galinhola, spelled G-A-L-I-N-H-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1ave de arribação da família dos escolopacídeos, muito caçada em Portugal no outono e no inverno, também conhecida por bicuda
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “galinhola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-L-I-N-H-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɐ.li.ˈɲɔ.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.