torniquete
/tuɾ.ni.ˈke.tɨ/
The verdict
“torniquete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,174 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,174
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cruz móvel colocada horizontalmente sobre um eixo numa ruma, ou numa entrada, para não deixar passar senão uma pessoa de cada vez
Corpus desk
Index PT-torniquete · torniquete · Portuguese
torniquete · rank #75,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,174
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tojo
Nearest frequency peer: tojo (-3 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 “torniquete”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- thu
thu
24,834 corpus weight
- thy
thy
24,833 corpus weight
- tojo
tojo
24,830 corpus weight
- torniquete
torniquete
24,827 corpus weight
- tragar
tragar
24,822 corpus weight
- transacional
transacional
24,820 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “torniquete” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torniquete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tuɾ.ni.ˈke.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “torniquete” em português
Rare enough to double-check
torniquete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,174 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tuɾ.ni.ˈke.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for torniquete, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 torniquete, spelled T-O-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1cruz móvel colocada horizontalmente sobre um eixo numa ruma, ou numa entrada, para não deixar passar senão uma pessoa de cada vez
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Synonyms
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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