nódoa
/ˈnɔ.dwɐ/
The verdict
“nódoa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,670 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,670
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mancha, laivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-nodoa · nódoa · Portuguese
nódoa · rank #65,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,670
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH noviciado
Nearest frequency peer: noviciado (-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 “nódoa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- noviciado
noviciado
34,332 corpus weight
- nódoa
nódoa
34,331 corpus weight
- ocho
ocho
34,329 corpus weight
- oculista
oculista
34,328 corpus weight
- ordenha
ordenha
34,321 corpus weight
- orquestração
orquestração
34,318 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nódoa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nódoa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɔ.dwɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nódoa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nódoa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,670 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɔ.dwɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nódoa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nódoa, spelled N-Ó-D-O-A.
Definition
- 1mancha, laivo
- 2desonra, afronta, ignomínia
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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