moqueca
The verdict
“moqueca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,663 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,663
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prato de peixe ou marisco típico da Bahia temperado com azeite de dendê e leite de coco
Corpus desk
Index PT-moqueca · moqueca · Portuguese
moqueca · rank #58,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,663
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH minority
Nearest frequency peer: minority (-1 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 “moqueca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- metafórico
metafórico
41,345 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocessador
41,342 corpus weight
- minority
minority
41,339 corpus weight
- moqueca
moqueca
41,338 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
41,332 corpus weight
- necrópole
necrópole
41,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “moqueca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moqueca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “moqueca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
moqueca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,663 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prato de peixe ou marisco típico da Bahia temperado com azeite de dendê e leite de coco".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moqueca, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is moqueca, spelled M-O-Q-U-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1prato de peixe ou marisco típico da Bahia temperado com azeite de dendê e leite de coco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how moqueca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sérgio Cabral ficou por cerca de três horas e meia na companhia de Hartung, que ofereceu a ele um almoço com a tradicional moqueca capixaba.
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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