gandaia
/ɡɐ̃.ˈdaj.ɐ/
The verdict
“gandaia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,298 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,298
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - malandrice, vadiagem, libertinagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-gandaia · gandaia · Portuguese
gandaia · rank #81,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,298
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gamela
Nearest frequency peer: gamela (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “gandaia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fogueteiro
fogueteiro
18,724 corpus weight
- folias
folias
18,722 corpus weight
- frívolo
frívolo
18,713 corpus weight
- gamela
gamela
18,704 corpus weight
- gandaia
gandaia
18,703 corpus weight
- gânglio
gânglio
18,678 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gandaia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gandaia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɐ̃.ˈdaj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gandaia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gandaia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,298 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɐ̃.ˈdaj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "malandrice, vadiagem, libertinagem".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gandaia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gandaia, spelled G-A-N-D-A-I-A.
Definition
- 1malandrice, vadiagem, libertinagem
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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