queixada

/kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ/

//kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ// noun

The verdict

“queixada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,892 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,892
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mandíbula

Corpus desk

Index PT-queixada · queixada · Portuguese

queixada · rank #85,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,892
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH punhalada

Nearest frequency peer: punhalada (-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 “queixada”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “queixada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for queixada
PropertyValue
Headwordqueixada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “queixada” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).queixadacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “punhalada” (#85,884), “razia” (#85,902), “pluviométrico” (#85,859). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “queixada” fica em #85,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

queixada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,892 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mandíbula".

queixada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is queixada, spelled Q-U-E-I-X-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mandíbula

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 "queixada"?
"queixada" is spelled Q-U-E-I-X-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ/.
What does "queixada" mean?
As a noun, "queixada" means: mandíbula
How do you pronounce "queixada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queixada" is /kɐj.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queixada" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queixada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list