portunhol

noun

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The verdict

“portunhol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,558 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,558
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mistura de palavras da língua portuguesa e da espanhola usadas por falantes dessas duas línguas quando se expressam no outro idioma diferente de seu idioma materno

Key facts for portunhol
PropertyValue
Headwordportunhol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “portunhol” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). portunhol lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

portunhol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,558 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mistura de palavras da língua portuguesa e da espanhola usadas por falantes dessas duas línguas quando se expressam no outro idioma diferente de seu idioma materno".

No generated misspelling entries exist for portunhol in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is portunhol, spelled P-O-R-T-U-N-H-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    mistura de palavras da língua portuguesa e da espanhola usadas por falantes dessas duas línguas quando se expressam no outro idioma diferente de seu idioma materno

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 "portunhol"?
"portunhol" is spelled P-O-R-T-U-N-H-O-L.
What does "portunhol" mean?
As a noun, "portunhol" means: mistura de palavras da língua portuguesa e da espanhola usadas por falantes dessas duas línguas quando se expressam no outro idioma diferente de seu idioma materno
What language does "portunhol" come from?
"portunhol" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “portunhol”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R-T-U-N-H-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list