harmónica
/ɐɾ.ˈmɔ.ni.kɐ/
The verdict
“harmónica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,232 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,232
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento musical de lâminas percutidas
Corpus desk
Index PT-harmonica · harmónica · Portuguese
harmónica · rank #64,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,232
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hierarquicame…
Nearest frequency peer: hierarquicamente (+7 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 “harmónica”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Grenada
Grenada
35,778 corpus weight
- harmónica
harmónica
35,769 corpus weight
- hierarquica…
hierarquicamente
35,762 corpus weight
- howl
howl
35,757 corpus weight
- infundado
infundado
35,749 corpus weight
- intrometido
intrometido
35,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “harmónica” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harmónica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈmɔ.ni.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “harmónica” em português
Rare enough to double-check
harmónica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,232 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐɾ.ˈmɔ.ni.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento musical de lâminas percutidas".
No misspelling variants are generated for harmónica in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is harmónica, spelled H-A-R-M-Ó-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento musical de lâminas percutidas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how harmónica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os dois pares de nalgas das moçoilas mexiam e remexiam num desaforo. A matulagem em roda, contagiada pela febre, agitava-se ao ritmo da dança. O " Grandão " marcava a cadência, de harmónica nos beiços, secundado pelas palmadas do " Corpo-Sem-Alma ", da Teresa, de toda a matula. No auge do frenesi, a vozinha do Necas gemeu esta estrofe: Mãe! Compra-me uns…
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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