parafernália

noun

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The verdict

“parafernália” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,383 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,383
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

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

Key facts for parafernália
PropertyValue
Headwordparafernália
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,383
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “parafernália” 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). parafernália 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

parafernália is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,383 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "amontoado de coisas desconexas".

Zero misspellings are on record for parafernália in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is parafernália, spelled P-A-R-A-F-E-R-N-Á-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    amontoado de coisas desconexas

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 "parafernália"?
"parafernália" is spelled P-A-R-A-F-E-R-N-Á-L-I-A.
What does "parafernália" mean?
As a noun, "parafernália" means: amontoado de coisas desconexas
What language does "parafernália" come from?
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Using “parafernália”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A-F-E-R-N-Á-L-I-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