ranhura

/Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/

//Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ// noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ranhura
PropertyValue
Headwordranhura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ranhura” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “quadrilátero” (#61,785), “recepcionar” (#61,796), “prumo” (#61,777). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “ranhura” fica em #61,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    um 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ranhura"?
"ranhura" is spelled R-A-N-H-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/.
What does "ranhura" mean?
As a noun, "ranhura" means: um arranhão, um risco
How do you pronounce "ranhura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ranhura" is /Rɐ.ˈɲu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list