meirinho
The verdict
“meirinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,996 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,996
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça
Corpus desk
Index PT-meirinho · meirinho · Portuguese
meirinho · rank #62,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,996
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Menelau
Nearest frequency peer: Menelau (+2 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 “meirinho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- legar
legar
37,040 corpus weight
- levitar
levitar
37,036 corpus weight
- marasmo
marasmo
37,013 corpus weight
- meirinho
meirinho
37,005 corpus weight
- Menelau
Menelau
37,003 corpus weight
- merecidamen…
merecidamente
37,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “meirinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meirinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “meirinho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
meirinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,996 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meirinho, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is meirinho, spelled M-E-I-R-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meirinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Honra de meirinho é como fidelidade de saloia.
This word in other languages
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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