nicabe
/niˈkabe/
The verdict
“nicabe” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - véu que cobre o rosto e só revela os olhos
Corpus desk
Index PT-nicabe · nicabe · Portuguese
nicabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicabe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /niˈkabe/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nicabe” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nicabe is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /niˈkabe/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "véu que cobre o rosto e só revela os olhos".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nicabe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nicabe, spelled N-I-C-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1véu que cobre o rosto e só revela os olhos
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.