kinda

adv

The verdict

“kinda” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #56,217 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.

#56,217
frequency rank, Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo, meio que

Key facts for kinda
PropertyValue
Headwordkinda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,217
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kinda” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kinda lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for kinda is 5 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #56,217 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tipo, meio que".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kinda, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is kinda, spelled K-I-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo, meio que

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 "kinda"?
"kinda" is spelled K-I-N-D-A.
What does "kinda" mean?
As an adverb, "kinda" means: tipo, meio que
What language does "kinda" come from?
"kinda" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “kinda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is K-I-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list