kink
The verdict
“kink” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,898 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,898
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dobra, enrolamento, cacho
Corpus desk
Index PT-kink · kink · Portuguese
kink · rank #98,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,898
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH kidney
Nearest frequency peer: kidney (-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 “kink”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- jubilado
jubilado
1,117 corpus weight
- kidney
kidney
1,104 corpus weight
- kink
kink
1,103 corpus weight
- lacustre
lacustre
1,096 corpus weight
- lavoro
lavoro
1,089 corpus weight
- lawless
lawless
1,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kink” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kink |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kink” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kink is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,898 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for kink in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is kink, spelled K-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1dobra, enrolamento, cacho
- 2obstáculo, dificuldade
- 3capricho, cisma, desejo
- 4comportamento sexual peculiar, desviante do padrão
- 5indivíduo que exibe esse comportamento sexual incomum
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She has kinks in her hair.
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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