tangerina
/tɐ̃.ʒe.ˈɾi.nɐ/
The verdict
“tangerina” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,165 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,165
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o fruto da tangerineira (Citrus deliciosa)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tangerina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɐ̃.ʒe.ˈɾi.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tangerina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tangerina is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɐ̃.ʒe.ˈɾi.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,165 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tangerina, with forms such as "atngerina", "tagnerina", and "tanegrina". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tangerina, spelled T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1o fruto da tangerineira (Citrus deliciosa)
- 2o mesmo que tangerineira
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atngerina,tagnerina,tanegrina,tangeirna,tangerian,tangerinna,tangernia,tangerrina,tanggerina,tangreina,tanngerina,tnagerina,ttangerina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tangerina - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “tangerina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɐ̃.ʒe.ˈɾi.nɐ/ (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.