penugem
/peˈnuʒen/
The verdict
“penugem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,389 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,389
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - penas macias que recobrem o corpo das aves
Corpus desk
Index PT-penugem · penugem · Portuguese
penugem · rank #66,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,389
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH parafernália
Nearest frequency peer: parafernália (-6 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 “penugem”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nippon
nippon
33,641 corpus weight
- nuit
nuit
33,638 corpus weight
- nêmesis
nêmesis
33,637 corpus weight
- pajem
pajem
33,621 corpus weight
- parafernália
parafernália
33,618 corpus weight
- penugem
penugem
33,612 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “penugem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penugem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /peˈnuʒen/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “penugem” em português
Rare enough to double-check
penugem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,389 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /peˈnuʒen/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
penugem has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is penugem, spelled P-E-N-U-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1penas macias que recobrem o corpo das aves
- 2pelo curto e macio
- 3buço
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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