palhaça

adj

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The verdict

“palhaça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,771 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,771
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de palha

Key facts for palhaça
PropertyValue
Headwordpalhaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “palhaça” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). palhaça lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

palhaça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,771 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de palha".

No generated misspelling entries exist for palhaça in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is palhaça, spelled P-A-L-H-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    de palha

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 "palhaça"?
"palhaça" is spelled P-A-L-H-A-Ç-A.
What does "palhaça" mean?
As an adjective, "palhaça" means: de palha
What language does "palhaça" come from?
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Using “palhaça”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-L-H-A-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list