oitiva

noun

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The verdict

“oitiva” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,119 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,119
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - audição

Corpus desk

Index PT-oitiva · oitiva · Portuguese

oitiva · rank #50,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,119
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH oiticica

Nearest frequency peer: oiticica (-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 “oitiva”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “oitiva” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for oitiva
PropertyValue
Headwordoitiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,119
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “oitiva” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).oitivacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “oiticica” (#50,118), “obstinada” (#50,116), “néon” (#50,114). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “oitiva” fica em #50,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oitiva is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,119 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for oitiva in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is oitiva, spelled O-I-T-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    audição
  2. 2
    ato de ouvir as testemunhas ou as partes de um processo judicial

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how oitiva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Após a oitiva, foi lacônico com a imprensa.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oitiva"?
"oitiva" is spelled O-I-T-I-V-A.
What does "oitiva" mean?
As a noun, "oitiva" means: audição
What language does "oitiva" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oitiva", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nanico#50,107parati#50,132mísero#50,105mijada#50,090

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list