oiticica
/oj.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ/ [oɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ]
The verdict
“oiticica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,118 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,118
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore da família das rosáceas, Licania rigida, de cujas sementes se extrai óleo usado na fabricação de tintas e vernizes
Corpus desk
Index PT-oiticica · oiticica · Portuguese
oiticica · rank #50,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,118
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH oitiva
Nearest frequency peer: oitiva (+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 “oiticica”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nanico
nanico
49,894 corpus weight
- néon
néon
49,887 corpus weight
- obstinada
obstinada
49,885 corpus weight
- oiticica
oiticica
49,883 corpus weight
- oitiva
oitiva
49,882 corpus weight
- ouija
ouija
49,873 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “oiticica” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oiticica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oj.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ/ [oɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “oiticica” em português
Rare enough to double-check
oiticica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,118 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /oj.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ/ [oɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈsi.kɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "árvore da família das rosáceas, Licania rigida, de cujas sementes se extrai óleo usado na fabricação de tintas e vernizes".
No misspelling variants are generated for oiticica in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is oiticica, spelled O-I-T-I-C-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1árvore da família das rosáceas, Licania rigida, de cujas sementes se extrai óleo usado na fabricação de tintas e vernizes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oiticica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De todas as impressões daquele resto de domingo só lhe ficou no espírito o entorpecimento de uma desconhecida embriaguez, não de vinho, mas de mel chuchurreado no cálice de flores americanas, dessas muito alvas, cheirosas e úmidas, que ele na fazenda via debruçadas confidencialmente sobre os limosos pântanos sombrios, onde as oiticicas trescalam um aroma…
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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