girino

/ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ/

//ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ// noun

The verdict

“girino” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,776 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,776
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - larva de anfíbios, sujeita a metamorfose antes de chegar ao estado adulto:

Corpus desk

Index PT-girino · girino · Portuguese

girino · rank #74,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,776
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gli

Nearest frequency peer: gli (+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 “girino”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “girino” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for girino
PropertyValue
Headwordgirino
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “girino” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).girinocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gli” (#74,777), “gerúndio” (#74,774), “guilt” (#74,787). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “girino” fica em #74,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

girino is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,776 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "larva de anfíbios, sujeita a metamorfose antes de chegar ao estado adulto:".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for girino, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is girino, spelled G-I-R-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    larva de anfíbios, sujeita a metamorfose antes de chegar ao estado adulto:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Os girinos da espécie Pseudophryne desenvolvem-se dentro dos ovos e, quando atingem tamanho para sair do ovo, entram em dormência.

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); 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 "girino"?
"girino" is spelled G-I-R-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ/.
What does "girino" mean?
As a noun, "girino" means: larva de anfíbios, sujeita a metamorfose antes de chegar ao estado adulto:
How do you pronounce "girino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "girino" is /ʒɪ.ˈɾi.nʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "girino" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list