inguinal

adj

The verdict

“inguinal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,920 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,920
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referente à virilha

Corpus desk

Index PT-inguinal · inguinal · Portuguese

inguinal · rank #83,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,920
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indizível

Nearest frequency peer: indizível (-4 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 “inguinal”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inguinal
PropertyValue
Headwordinguinal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “inguinal” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.inguinalcai 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: “indizível” (#83,916), “indeterminação” (#83,914), “incabível” (#83,908). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inguinal” fica em #83,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inguinal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,920 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "referente à virilha".

Zero misspellings are on record for inguinal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 inguinal, spelled I-N-G-U-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    referente à virilha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A diretoria sabia do problema quando assinou com o jogador, que tem uma hérnia inguinal.

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 "inguinal"?
"inguinal" is spelled I-N-G-U-I-N-A-L.
What does "inguinal" mean?
As an adjective, "inguinal" means: referente à virilha
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list