Nicaragua
/ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə/
The verdict
“Nicaragua” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,905 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,905
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nicarágua
Corpus desk
Index PT-nicaragua · Nicaragua · Portuguese
Nicaragua · rank #52,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,905
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nie
Nearest frequency peer: nie (+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 “Nicaragua”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- muir
muir
47,106 corpus weight
- nebuloso
nebuloso
47,100 corpus weight
- Nicaragua
Nicaragua
47,096 corpus weight
- nie
nie
47,095 corpus weight
- nutriente
nutriente
47,093 corpus weight
- occitano
occitano
47,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Nicaragua” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nicaragua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Nicaragua” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Nicaragua is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,905 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nicarágua".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nicaragua in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Nicaragua, spelled N-I-C-A-R-A-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Nicarágua
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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