inferninho
The verdict
“inferninho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,838 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,838
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diminutivo de inferno
Corpus desk
Index PT-inferninho · inferninho · Portuguese
inferninho · rank #97,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,838
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH inocular
Nearest frequency peer: inocular (+2 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 “inferninho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- impertinênc…
impertinência
2,179 corpus weight
- indistinto
indistinto
2,166 corpus weight
- inferninho
inferninho
2,163 corpus weight
- inocular
inocular
2,161 corpus weight
- intrusivo
intrusivo
2,153 corpus weight
- irony
irony
2,150 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “inferninho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inferninho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “inferninho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
inferninho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,838 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inferninho, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is inferninho, spelled I-N-F-E-R-N-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1diminutivo de inferno
- 2bar ou boate pequeno, de reputação duvidosa ou ambiente decadente; local escuro e apertado, geralmente com música alta
- 3lugar desconfortável, barulhento ou caótico
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inferninho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O cantor brincou que o calor estava um inferninho
Eles se conheceram num inferninho do centro
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.
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