perneta

noun

The verdict

“perneta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,153 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,153
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem um defeito na perna

Corpus desk

Index PT-perneta · perneta · Portuguese

perneta · rank #61,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,153
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH persuasivo

Nearest frequency peer: persuasivo (+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 “perneta”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “perneta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perneta
PropertyValue
Headwordperneta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “perneta” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pernetacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “persuasivo” (#61,155), “penitente” (#61,147), “pontada” (#61,161). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perneta” fica em #61,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perneta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,153 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem um defeito na perna".

perneta has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is perneta, spelled P-E-R-N-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem um defeito na perna

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how perneta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. E o que faz nessa história um soldadinho perneta, apaixonado por uma bailarina de papel?

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 "perneta"?
"perneta" is spelled P-E-R-N-E-T-A.
What does "perneta" mean?
As a noun, "perneta" means: que tem um defeito na perna
What language does "perneta" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perneta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list