tortilha

noun

The verdict

“tortilha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,184 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,184
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de omelete feito com ovos e batatas fritas

Corpus desk

Index PT-tortilha · tortilha · Portuguese

tortilha · rank #85,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,184
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tolerance

Nearest frequency peer: tolerance (-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 “tortilha”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tortilha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tortilha
PropertyValue
Headwordtortilha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,184
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tortilha” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tortilhacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tolerance” (#85,181), “timbrado” (#85,177), “tenro” (#85,167). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tortilha” fica em #85,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tortilha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,184 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de omelete feito com ovos e batatas fritas".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tortilha, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 tortilha, spelled T-O-R-T-I-L-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    espécie de omelete feito com ovos e batatas fritas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O cardápio é de restaurante - e não se restringe às especialidades judaicas: vai da tortilha espanhola aos mexilhões com curry tailandês.

This word in other languages

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 "tortilha"?
"tortilha" is spelled T-O-R-T-I-L-H-A.
What does "tortilha" mean?
As a noun, "tortilha" means: espécie de omelete feito com ovos e batatas fritas
What language does "tortilha" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list