rosquinha
/ʁosˈkĩ.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“rosquinha” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,650 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,650
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno bolo em forma de rosca (mais precisamente de toro)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosquinha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʁosˈkĩ.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rosquinha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rosquinha is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʁosˈkĩ.ɲɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,650 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pequeno bolo em forma de rosca (mais precisamente de toro)".
Zero misspellings are on record for rosquinha in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rosquinha, spelled R-O-S-Q-U-I-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno bolo em forma de rosca (mais precisamente de toro)
This word in other languages
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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Using “rosquinha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-S-Q-U-I-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʁosˈkĩ.ɲɐ/ (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.