ranhura
/Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“ranhura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,790 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,790
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um arranhão, um risco
Corpus desk
Index PT-ranhura · ranhura · Portuguese
ranhura · rank #61,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,790
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH quadrilátero
Nearest frequency peer: quadrilátero (-5 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 “ranhura”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- poroso
poroso
38,237 corpus weight
- prumo
prumo
38,224 corpus weight
- quadrilátero
quadrilátero
38,216 corpus weight
- ranhura
ranhura
38,211 corpus weight
- recepcionar
recepcionar
38,205 corpus weight
- refrear
refrear
38,195 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ranhura” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ranhura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ranhura” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ranhura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,790 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "um arranhão, um risco".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ranhura, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ranhura, spelled R-A-N-H-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1um arranhão, um risco
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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