panelinha
/pa.nɛˈli.ɲa/
The verdict
“panelinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,772 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,772
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena panela
Corpus desk
Index PT-panelinha · panelinha · Portuguese
panelinha · rank #51,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,772
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH palhaça
Nearest frequency peer: palhaça (-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 “panelinha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oscilar
oscilar
48,235 corpus weight
- palhaça
palhaça
48,230 corpus weight
- panelinha
panelinha
48,229 corpus weight
- panther
panther
48,228 corpus weight
- parafina
parafina
48,225 corpus weight
- PCD
PCD
48,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “panelinha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panelinha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pa.nɛˈli.ɲa/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “panelinha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
panelinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,772 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pa.nɛˈli.ɲa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
panelinha has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is panelinha, spelled P-A-N-E-L-I-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequena panela
- 2combinação secreta
- 3grupo fechado, que não admite novatos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how panelinha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Não agüento mais ficar aqui, quero ir para casa, brincar de panelinha e andar de bicicleta”, diz a menina.
… Maria das Graças Foster, da “panelinha” da ministra-chefe da Casa Civil, Dilma Rousseff, que preside o Conselho de Administração da Petrobrás.
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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