quilha
/ˈki.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“quilha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,967 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,967
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de madeira que se estende da popa até à proa na parte inferior dos navios
Corpus desk
Index PT-quilha · quilha · Portuguese
quilha · rank #59,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,967
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH reencarnar
Nearest frequency peer: reencarnar (+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 “quilha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- phase
phase
40,058 corpus weight
- pocilga
pocilga
40,053 corpus weight
- primal
primal
40,043 corpus weight
- quilha
quilha
40,034 corpus weight
- reencarnar
reencarnar
40,026 corpus weight
- ressarcimen…
ressarcimento
40,014 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quilha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quilha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈki.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quilha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
quilha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,967 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈki.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quilha, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is quilha, spelled Q-U-I-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1peça de madeira que se estende da popa até à proa na parte inferior dos navios
- 2navio
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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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