goteira
/ɡu.ˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“goteira” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,611 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,611
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extremidade da telha por onde cai a água do telhado
Corpus desk
Index PT-goteira · goteira · Portuguese
goteira · rank #69,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,611
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH geito
Nearest frequency peer: geito (-8 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 “goteira”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fidelização
fidelização
30,423 corpus weight
- flácido
flácido
30,414 corpus weight
- geito
geito
30,398 corpus weight
- goteira
goteira
30,390 corpus weight
- harmoniosam…
harmoniosamente
30,379 corpus weight
- hibridação
hibridação
30,371 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “goteira” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goteira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡu.ˈtɐj.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “goteira” em português
Rare enough to double-check
goteira is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,611 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡu.ˈtɐj.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for goteira in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 goteira, spelled G-O-T-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1extremidade da telha por onde cai a água do telhado
- 2cano ou calha para águas pluviais.
- 3fenda por onde se infiltra água no interior de uma casa
- 4sulco num osso que permite a passagem de nervos, vasos sanguíneos, tendões
- 5concavidade na superfície exterior do livro que se opõe à lombada
- 6aparelho ortopédico usado para imobilizar um membro
- 7ligeira perturbação psíquica ou mental.
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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