ginga

noun

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The verdict

“ginga” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,157. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,157
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - remo que vai à popa de uma embarcação; zinga

Corpus desk

Index PT-ginga · ginga · Portuguese

ginga · rank #40,157 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,157
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH germânico

Nearest frequency peer: germânico (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ginga”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “ginga” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ginga vs gira
60% similar
ginga vs going
60% similar
ginga vs gonna
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ginga
PropertyValue
Headwordginga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,157
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ginga”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gingacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “germânico” (#40,156), “groselha” (#40,163), “gage” (#40,149). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “ginga” fica em #40,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ginga, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,157 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ginga, with forms such as "gginga", "gigna", and "ginag". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gira", "going", "gonna", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ginga, spelled G-I-N-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    remo que vai à popa de uma embarcação; zinga
  2. 2
    espécie de remo em formato de vara que proporciona impulso ao barco ao ser fincado no leito do rio; zinga, varejão
  3. 3
    movimento de balançar-se; meneio
  4. 4
    movimento de corpo em que se faz com ele baloiço de um lado para outro deslocando-se os pés, tronco e mãos em um contínuo sinuoso
  5. 5
    qualquer movimento de balanço do corpo em que se movimenta a coluna e o quadril
  6. 6
    malícia, astúcia
  7. 7
    drible
  8. 8
    movimento de zigue-zague que se faz ao avançar com a bola
  9. 9
    bicicleta; ndjinga

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ginga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A sambista apresentava domínio de palco e boa ginga.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gginga
  • gigna
  • ginag
  • gingga
  • ginnga
  • gniga
  • ignga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ginga - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gginga1gigna2ginag2gingga1ginnga1gniga2ignga2
Edit distance from "ginga"

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 "ginga"?
"ginga" is spelled G-I-N-G-A.
What does "ginga" mean?
As a noun, "ginga" means: remo que vai à popa de uma embarcação; zinga
What words are commonly confused with "ginga"?
"ginga" is commonly confused with "gira", "going", "gonna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ginga" come from?
"ginga" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jarro#40,206crowd#40,070moído#40,251opala#40,269

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

erário7 variantsodioso7 variantsplebe7 variantsberrar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list