trinca

//ˈtɾĩ.kɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,954

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

trinca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de trincar; dentada, bocado Pronounced /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/. Often confused with troca and trinta.

Key facts for trinca
PropertyValue
Headwordtrinca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,954
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for trinca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,954 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for trinca, with forms such as "rtinca", "tirnca", and "tricna". 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, "troca", "trinta", "tinha", 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 trinca, spelled T-R-I-N-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de trincar; dentada, bocado
  2. 2
    conjunto de três coisas análogas
  3. 3
    arroz de grãos partidos em resultado das operações de descasque, geralmente vendido para alimentação animal

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtinca,tirnca,tricna,trinac,trincca,trinnca,trnica,trrinca,ttrinca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trinca

Misspelling Variants of "trinca"

rtinca6tirnca6tricna6trinac6trincca7trinnca7trnica6trrinca7
Misspelling Variants of "trinca"

Frequency rank: #34,954 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trinca"?
"trinca" is spelled T-R-I-N-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/.
What does "trinca" mean?
As a noun, "trinca" means: ato de trincar; dentada, bocado
What words are commonly confused with "trinca"?
"trinca" is commonly confused with "troca", "trinta", "tinha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trinca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trinca" is /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trinca" come from?
"trinca" 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.