tortilha

noun

The verdict

“tortilha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,184 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,184
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de omelete feito com ovos e batatas fritas

Key facts for tortilha
PropertyValue
Headwordtortilha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,184
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tortilha” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tortilha lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tortilha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,184 among 1,850 “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

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?
"tortilha" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “tortilha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-R-T-I-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list