punhalada
/pu.ɲɐ.ˈla.dɐ/
The verdict
“punhalada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,884 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,884
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - golpe de punhal
Corpus desk
Index PT-punhalada · punhalada · Portuguese
punhalada · rank #85,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,884
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH queixada
Nearest frequency peer: queixada (+8 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 “punhalada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ostrov
ostrov
14,178 corpus weight
- pluviométri…
pluviométrico
14,142 corpus weight
- punhalada
punhalada
14,117 corpus weight
- queixada
queixada
14,109 corpus weight
- razia
razia
14,099 corpus weight
- Romilda
Romilda
14,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “punhalada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punhalada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.ɲɐ.ˈla.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “punhalada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
punhalada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,884 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pu.ɲɐ.ˈla.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
punhalada has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is punhalada, spelled P-U-N-H-A-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1golpe de punhal
- 2forte golpe moral de traição e/ou ingratidão
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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