passarinha
/pɐsɐˈriɲɐ/
The verdict
“passarinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,588 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,588
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - avezinha
Corpus desk
Index PT-passarinha · passarinha · Portuguese
passarinha · rank #76,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,588
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH parvoíce
Nearest frequency peer: parvoíce (-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 “passarinha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ordinariame…
ordinariamente
23,427 corpus weight
- padecer
padecer
23,421 corpus weight
- parvoíce
parvoíce
23,415 corpus weight
- passarinha
passarinha
23,413 corpus weight
- penálti
penálti
23,405 corpus weight
- petar
petar
23,398 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “passarinha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passarinha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐsɐˈriɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “passarinha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
passarinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,588 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐsɐˈriɲɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
passarinha has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is passarinha, spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-I-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1avezinha
- 2baço de suíno, ou de outra espécie animal
- 3vulva, órgão genital feminino
- 4nervura que se forma no meio da enxada
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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