petúnia
/pɨˈtunjɐ/
The verdict
“petúnia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,137 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,137
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome popular da Petunia x hybrida
Corpus desk
Index PT-petunia · petúnia · Portuguese
petúnia · rank #93,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,137
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pastoras
Nearest frequency peer: pastoras (-19 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 “petúnia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- osm
osm
6,898 corpus weight
- parelho
parelho
6,885 corpus weight
- pastoras
pastoras
6,883 corpus weight
- petúnia
petúnia
6,864 corpus weight
- profícuo
profícuo
6,838 corpus weight
- proibitivo
proibitivo
6,836 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “petúnia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petúnia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨˈtunjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “petúnia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
petúnia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,137 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɨˈtunjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
petúnia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is petúnia, spelled P-E-T-Ú-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1nome popular da Petunia x hybrida
- 2planta ornamental cujas flores são ornamentais e aromáticas
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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