koala
/ko.a.'la/
The verdict
“koala” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,257 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,257
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coala
Corpus desk
Index PT-koala · koala · Portuguese
koala · rank #68,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,257
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH labirintite
Nearest frequency peer: labirintite (+5 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 “koala”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- jiboia
jiboia
31,763 corpus weight
- koala
koala
31,744 corpus weight
- labirintite
labirintite
31,739 corpus weight
- linde
linde
31,730 corpus weight
- madeireiro
madeireiro
31,717 corpus weight
- malabarista
malabarista
31,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “koala” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | koala |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ko.a.'la/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “koala” em português
Rare enough to double-check
koala is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,257 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ko.a.'la/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "coala".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for koala, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is koala, spelled K-O-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1coala
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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