menina dos olhos

phrase

The verdict

“menina dos olhos” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alvo da predileção de alguém

Corpus desk

Index PT-menina-dos-olhos · menina dos olhos · Portuguese

menina dos olhos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for menina dos olhos
PropertyValue
Headwordmenina dos olhos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “menina dos olhos” em português

menina dos olhosfica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

menina dos olhos is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alvo da predileção de alguém".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for menina dos olhos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is menina dos olhos, spelled M-E-N-I-N-A- -D-O-S- -O-L-H-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    alvo da predileção de alguém

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how menina dos olhos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ela vira-o uma vez diante de um

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "menina dos olhos"?
"menina dos olhos" is spelled M-E-N-I-N-A- -D-O-S- -O-L-H-O-S.
What does "menina dos olhos" mean?
As a phrase, "menina dos olhos" means: alvo da predileção de alguém
What language does "menina dos olhos" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list