migalha
/mi.ˈɡa.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“migalha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,199 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,199
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequenos fragmentos de alimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-migalha · migalha · Portuguese
migalha · rank #51,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,199
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH minimização
Nearest frequency peer: minimização (+4 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 “migalha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lighting
lighting
48,832 corpus weight
- meat
meat
48,810 corpus weight
- migalha
migalha
48,802 corpus weight
- minimização
minimização
48,798 corpus weight
- naja
naja
48,786 corpus weight
- olmo
olmo
48,768 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “migalha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | migalha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mi.ˈɡa.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “migalha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
migalha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,199 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mi.ˈɡa.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequenos fragmentos de alimento".
Zero misspellings are on record for migalha in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is migalha, spelled M-I-G-A-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequenos fragmentos de alimento
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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