geringonça
/ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/
The verdict
“geringonça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,543 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,543
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - máquina, objeto, etc., que funciona mal ou está em estado precário
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geringonça |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geringonça” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geringonça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,543 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
geringonça doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is geringonça, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-O-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1máquina, objeto, etc., que funciona mal ou está em estado precário
- 2solução governativa que resulta de um ou mais acordos parlamentares entre vários partidos políticos não vencedores das eleições (ex.: tentaram uma geringonça regional; será possível haver uma geringonça espanhola?). [designação informal dada ao XXI governo constitucional português, formado após as eleições legislativas de 2015]
Synonyms
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 “geringonça”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-R-I-N-G-O-N-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/ (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.