troca-tintas
The verdict
“troca-tintas” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pintor reles, pouco habilidoso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troca-tintas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “troca-tintas” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
troca-tintas is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
troca-tintas has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is troca-tintas, spelled T-R-O-C-A---T-I-N-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1pintor reles, pouco habilidoso
- 2pessoa fraudulenta e pouco confiável
- 3pessoa que muda de opinião facilmente
- 4pessoa desorganizada, que se atrapalha facilmente
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “troca-tintas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-O-C-A---T-I-N-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.