urtiga
/uɾ.ˈti.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“urtiga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,553 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,553
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta da família das Urticáceas que provoca comichão em contato com a pele
Corpus desk
Index PT-urtiga · urtiga · Portuguese
urtiga · rank #64,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,553
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH trapalhada
Nearest frequency peer: trapalhada (-14 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 “urtiga”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tien
tien
35,470 corpus weight
- tini
tini
35,469 corpus weight
- trapalhada
trapalhada
35,462 corpus weight
- urtiga
urtiga
35,448 corpus weight
- xenófobo
xenófobo
35,432 corpus weight
- Zephyr
Zephyr
35,427 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “urtiga” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urtiga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /uɾ.ˈti.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “urtiga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
urtiga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,553 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /uɾ.ˈti.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "planta da família das Urticáceas que provoca comichão em contato com a pele".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for urtiga, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is urtiga, spelled U-R-T-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1planta da família das Urticáceas que provoca comichão em contato com a pele
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.
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