maquininha
The verdict
“maquininha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,516 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,516
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - máquina de cortar cabelo
Corpus desk
Index PT-maquininha · maquininha · Portuguese
maquininha · rank #54,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,516
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Lombardo
Nearest frequency peer: Lombardo (-12 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 “maquininha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- linhaça
linhaça
45,500 corpus weight
- lixeiro
lixeiro
45,499 corpus weight
- Lombardo
Lombardo
45,497 corpus weight
- maquininha
maquininha
45,485 corpus weight
- multimilion…
multimilionário
45,459 corpus weight
- mussarela
mussarela
45,458 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “maquininha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maquininha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “maquininha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
maquininha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,516 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
maquininha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is maquininha, spelled M-A-Q-U-I-N-I-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1máquina de cortar cabelo
- 2dimensão da peça que serve de anteparo posto à máquina de cortar cabelo que limita a altura do cabelo a ser cortado
- 3altura do corte de cabelo cortado com um anteparo de determinada dimensão em máquina de cortar cabelo
- 4máquina de cartão de crédito
- 5aparelho usado para jogo de videobingo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maquininha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Passa a maquininha 6 no cabelo dele.
Não gostei, maquininha 3 ficou muito curto, eu te falei devia ser maquininha 7.
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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