pocilga
/po.ˈsiw.ga/
The verdict
“pocilga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,948 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,948
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - curral de porcos
Corpus desk
Index PT-pocilga · pocilga · Portuguese
pocilga · rank #59,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,948
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH phase
Nearest frequency peer: phase (-5 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 “pocilga”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pando
pando
40,074 corpus weight
- paulada
paulada
40,069 corpus weight
- phase
phase
40,058 corpus weight
- pocilga
pocilga
40,053 corpus weight
- primal
primal
40,043 corpus weight
- quilha
quilha
40,034 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pocilga” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pocilga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /po.ˈsiw.ga/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pocilga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pocilga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,948 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /po.ˈsiw.ga/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pocilga in our index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pocilga, spelled P-O-C-I-L-G-A.
Definition
- 1curral de porcos
- 2local imundo; cortelha
- 3espelunca
Synonyms
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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