salsinha

noun

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The verdict

“salsinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,593 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,593
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das apiáceas, de folhas verdes e recortadas, usada como tempero na culinária

Key facts for salsinha
PropertyValue
Headwordsalsinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,593
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “salsinha” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). salsinha lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salsinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,593 among 2,603 “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

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?
"salsinha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “salsinha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-L-S-I-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list