ranho
/ˈRɐ.ɲu/
The verdict
“ranho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,765 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,765
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - humor viscoso segregado pelas mucosas nasais
Corpus desk
Index PT-ranho · ranho · Portuguese
ranho · rank #55,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,765
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH receitar
Nearest frequency peer: receitar (+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 “ranho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pickles
pickles
44,259 corpus weight
- primado
primado
44,248 corpus weight
- ranho
ranho
44,236 corpus weight
- receitar
receitar
44,228 corpus weight
- refutação
refutação
44,222 corpus weight
- regalia
regalia
44,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ranho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ranho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRɐ.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ranho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ranho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,765 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈRɐ.ɲu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ranho in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ranho, spelled R-A-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1humor viscoso segregado pelas mucosas nasais
- 2muco; monco
- 3meleca
- 4catarro
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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