tainha

//tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,633

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

tainha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc. Pronounced /tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/. Often confused with tinha and tenha.

Key facts for tainha
PropertyValue
Headwordtainha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,633
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tainha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tainha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #47,633 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tainha, with forms such as "atinha", "taihna", and "tainah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "tinha", "tenha", "tinta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is tainha, spelled T-A-I-N-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atinha,taihna,tainah,tainhha,tainnha,taniha,tianha,ttainha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tainha

Misspelling Variants of "tainha"

atinha6taihna6tainah6tainhha7tainnha7taniha6tianha6ttainha7
Misspelling Variants of "tainha"

Frequency rank: #47,633 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tainha"?
"tainha" is spelled T-A-I-N-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/.
What does "tainha" mean?
As a noun, "tainha" means: peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "tainha"?
"tainha" is commonly confused with "tinha", "tenha", "tinta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tainha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tainha" is /tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tainha" come from?
"tainha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.