ganha-pão
/ga.ɲa.'paŋ/
The verdict
“ganha-pão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganha-pão, ofício, meios ou instrumentos para ganhar a vida
Corpus desk
Index PT-ganha-pao · ganha-pão · Portuguese
ganha-pão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganha-pão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ga.ɲa.'paŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ganha-pão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ganha-pão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ga.ɲa.'paŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ganha-pão in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 ganha-pão, spelled G-A-N-H-A---P-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ganha-pão, ofício, meios ou instrumentos para ganhar a vida
- 2ganha-pão, ganhão, jornaleiro
- 3ganapão, aro metálico que forma a boca de um saco de rede que provido de um cabo serve para pegar peixe ou marisco
Synonyms
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.