laringite

noun

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The verdict

“laringite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,666 among 1,251 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,666
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,251
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - inflamação na laringe

Key facts for laringite
PropertyValue
Headwordlaringite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,666
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “laringite” 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). laringite lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

laringite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,666 among 1,251 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inflamação na laringe".

No misspelling variants are generated for laringite in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists 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 laringite, spelled L-A-R-I-N-G-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    inflamação na laringe

This word in other languages

laryngitis(English)laringitis(Español)laryngite(Français)Laryngitis(Deutsch)

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 "laringite"?
"laringite" is spelled L-A-R-I-N-G-I-T-E.
What does "laringite" mean?
As a noun, "laringite" means: inflamação na laringe
What language does "laringite" come from?
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Using “laringite”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-R-I-N-G-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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