salsinha

noun

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The verdict

“salsinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,593 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,593
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das apiáceas, de folhas verdes e recortadas, usada como tempero na culinária

Corpus desk

Index PT-salsinha · salsinha · Portuguese

salsinha · rank #57,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,593
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH salinidade

Nearest frequency peer: salinidade (-1 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 “salsinha”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salsinha
PropertyValue
Headwordsalsinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,593
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “salsinha” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “salinidade” (#57,592), “sepultar” (#57,601), “Serafina” (#57,602). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “salsinha” fica em #57,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salsinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,593 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for salsinha, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is salsinha, spelled S-A-L-S-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta herbácea da família das apiáceas, de folhas verdes e recortadas, usada como tempero na culinária
  2. 2
    folha ou parte comestível dessa planta, usada para decorar ou aromatizar pratos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how salsinha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A salsinha foi picada e misturada ao arroz
  2. Ela polvilhou salsinha sobre o peixe grelhado

Synonyms

perrexilcheiro-verde

Antonyms

manjericãocoentro

This word in other languages

parsley(English)perejil(Español)persil(Français)

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 "salsinha"?
"salsinha" is spelled S-A-L-S-I-N-H-A.
What does "salsinha" mean?
As a noun, "salsinha" means: planta herbácea da família das apiáceas, de folhas verdes e recortadas, usada como tempero na culinária
What language does "salsinha" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sepultar#57,601Serafina#57,602retaliar#57,573abastado#57,695

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list