remoinho

/Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/

//Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu// noun

The verdict

“remoinho” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção

Corpus desk

Index PT-remoinho · remoinho · Portuguese

remoinho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for remoinho
PropertyValue
Headwordremoinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “remoinho” em português

remoinhofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

remoinho is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

remoinho has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is remoinho, spelled R-E-M-O-I-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção
  2. 2
    cabelos ou pelos que nascem numa disposição espiralada

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remoinho"?
"remoinho" is spelled R-E-M-O-I-N-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/.
What does "remoinho" mean?
As a noun, "remoinho" means: movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção
How do you pronounce "remoinho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remoinho" is /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remoinho" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list