ordenhar

verb

The verdict

“ordenhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,302 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,302
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tirar leite da vaca

Corpus desk

Index PT-ordenhar · ordenhar · Portuguese

ordenhar · rank #82,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,302
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH oceanógrafo

Nearest frequency peer: oceanógrafo (-6 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 “ordenhar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ordenhar
PropertyValue
Headwordordenhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ordenhar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ordenharcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “oceanógrafo” (#82,296), “parent” (#82,314), “Noël” (#82,289). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “ordenhar” fica em #82,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ordenhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,302 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ordenhar has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ordenhar, spelled O-R-D-E-N-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tirar leite da vaca
  2. 2
    retirar esperma

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. No passado, os membros de kibutzim eram remunerados igualitariamente, seja para ordenhar vacas ou administrar uma indústria.

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); 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 "ordenhar"?
"ordenhar" is spelled O-R-D-E-N-H-A-R.
What does "ordenhar" mean?
As a verb, "ordenhar" means: tirar leite da vaca
What language does "ordenhar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list