otite
/ɔ.ˈti.tɨ/
The verdict
“otite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,995 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,995
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inflamação ou das cavidades da orelha média, ou da mucosa que as recobre ou da membrana do tímpano
Corpus desk
Index PT-otite · otite · Portuguese
otite · rank #64,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,995
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH orelhões
Nearest frequency peer: orelhões (-2 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 “otite”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mot
mot
35,039 corpus weight
- másculo
másculo
35,031 corpus weight
- orelhões
orelhões
35,008 corpus weight
- otite
otite
35,006 corpus weight
- papaia
papaia
35,000 corpus weight
- pineapple
pineapple
34,978 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “otite” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otite |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.ˈti.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “otite” em português
Rare enough to double-check
otite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,995 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔ.ˈti.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inflamação ou das cavidades da orelha média, ou da mucosa que as recobre ou da membrana do tímpano".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for otite, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is otite, spelled O-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1inflamação ou das cavidades da orelha média, ou da mucosa que as recobre ou da membrana do tímpano
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.
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