poliginia
/po.li.ʒi.ˈni.ɐ/
The verdict
“poliginia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - condição do polígino, estado de um homem que convive de forma marital com mais de uma mulher ao mesmo tempo
Corpus desk
Index PT-poliginia · poliginia · Portuguese
poliginia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poliginia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /po.li.ʒi.ˈni.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poliginia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poliginia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /po.li.ʒi.ˈni.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poliginia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is poliginia, spelled P-O-L-I-G-I-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1condição do polígino, estado de um homem que convive de forma marital com mais de uma mulher ao mesmo tempo
- 2regime social de alguns animais em que um macho acasala com várias fêmeas
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