ravina
/xa.'vi.nə/
The verdict
“ravina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,401 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,401
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enxurrada que cai de um lugar alto
Corpus desk
Index PT-ravina · ravina · Portuguese
ravina · rank #52,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,401
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ratoeira
Nearest frequency peer: ratoeira (-2 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 “ravina”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- provimento
provimento
47,618 corpus weight
- quadribol
quadribol
47,611 corpus weight
- raimunda
raimunda
47,606 corpus weight
- Raps
Raps
47,604 corpus weight
- ratoeira
ratoeira
47,602 corpus weight
- ravina
ravina
47,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ravina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /xa.'vi.nə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ravina” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ravina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,401 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /xa.'vi.nə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ravina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ravina, spelled R-A-V-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1enxurrada que cai de um lugar alto
- 2barranco provocado pela enxurrada
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O infernal turbilhão, vertiginoso,
leva as almas de envolta na rapina
Synonyms
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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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