haikai

/aj.ˈkaj/

//aj.ˈkaj// noun

The verdict

“haikai” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,379 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,379
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - haicai

Corpus desk

Index PT-haikai · haikai · Portuguese

haikai · rank #87,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,379
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haut

Nearest frequency peer: Haut (+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 “haikai”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for haikai
PropertyValue
Headwordhaikai
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aj.ˈkaj/
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,379
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “haikai” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).haikaicai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Haut” (#87,380), “hava” (#87,381), “gull” (#87,374). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “haikai” fica em #87,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haikai is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,379 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aj.ˈkaj/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "haicai".

haikai doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 haikai, spelled H-A-I-K-A-I.

Definition

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    haicai

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 "haikai"?
"haikai" is spelled H-A-I-K-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is /aj.ˈkaj/.
What does "haikai" mean?
As a noun, "haikai" means: haicai
How do you pronounce "haikai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haikai" is /aj.ˈkaj/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haikai" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haikai", 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