sardinha

noun

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The verdict

“sardinha” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,140
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peixe de pequeno porte da família dos Clupeídeos muito comum nas costas portuguesas e muito apreciado, quer fresco, quer em conserva

Corpus desk

Index PT-sardinha · sardinha · Portuguese

sardinha · rank #17,140 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,140
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sangrar

Nearest frequency peer: sangrar (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sardinha”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sardinha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sardinha vs surdina
75% similar
sardinha vs Sardenha
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sardinha
PropertyValue
Headwordsardinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,140
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sardinha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sardinhacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sangrar” (#17,139), “ruína” (#17,138), “simultâneo” (#17,144). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sardinha” fica em #17,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sardinha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,140 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sardinha, with forms such as "asrdinha", "sadrinha", and "sarddinha". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "surdina", "Sardenha", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 sardinha, spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    peixe de pequeno porte da família dos Clupeídeos muito comum nas costas portuguesas e muito apreciado, quer fresco, quer em conserva
  2. 2
    jogo de crianças

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cada um puxa a brasa para sua sardinha e, ao final, sobra mais braseiro que peixe.

This word in other languages

sardine(English)sardina(Español)sardine(Français)Sardine(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asrdinha
  • sadrinha
  • sarddinha
  • sardihna
  • sardinah
  • sardinhha
  • sardinnha
  • sardniha
  • saridnha
  • sarrdinha
  • sradinha
  • ssardinha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sardinha - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asrdinha2sadrinha2sarddinha1sardihna2sardinah2sardinhha1sardinnha1sardniha2
Edit distance from "sardinha"

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 "sardinha"?
"sardinha" is spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-H-A.
What does "sardinha" mean?
As a noun, "sardinha" means: peixe de pequeno porte da família dos Clupeídeos muito comum nas costas portuguesas e muito apreciado, quer fresco, quer em conserva
What words are commonly confused with "sardinha"?
"sardinha" is commonly confused with "surdina", "Sardenha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sardinha" come from?
"sardinha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

renascer#17,131pendente#17,100acertado#17,182balançar#17,202

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

adultério12 variantsnorueguês12 variantshegemonia12 variantsdisfarce12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list