remoinho
/Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/
The verdict
“remoinho” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remoinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remoinho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for remoinho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção
- 2cabelos 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.
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Using “remoinho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-M-O-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɨ.ˈmwi.ɲu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.