língua estrangeira
The verdict
“língua estrangeira” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - língua que não é língua materna de nenhuma comunidade antiga de um dado país nem tem, nesse país, um reconhecimento oficial
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | língua estrangeira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “língua estrangeira” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for língua estrangeira is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "língua que não é língua materna de nenhuma comunidade antiga de um dado país nem tem, nesse país, um reconhecimento oficial".
No generated misspelling entries exist for língua estrangeira in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is língua estrangeira, spelled L-Í-N-G-U-A- -E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1língua que não é língua materna de nenhuma comunidade antiga de um dado país nem tem, nesse país, um reconhecimento oficial
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “língua estrangeira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-Í-N-G-U-A- -E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.