nanica
/naˈni.kɐ/
The verdict
“nanica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,793 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,793
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que bananeira-nanica (por redução)
Corpus desk
Index PT-nanica · nanica · Portuguese
nanica · rank #79,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,793
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH obscurecer
Nearest frequency peer: obscurecer (+20 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 “nanica”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mecum
mecum
20,244 corpus weight
- nanica
nanica
20,208 corpus weight
- obscurecer
obscurecer
20,188 corpus weight
- ongoing
ongoing
20,181 corpus weight
- onírico
onírico
20,179 corpus weight
- pentatlo
pentatlo
20,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nanica” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nanica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /naˈni.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nanica” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nanica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,793 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /naˈni.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for nanica in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is nanica, spelled N-A-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que bananeira-nanica (por redução)
- 2tipo de galinha de pequeno porte
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).