waka
/waˈka/
The verdict
“waka” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,846 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,846
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mensageiro cerimonial da comunidade
Corpus desk
Index PT-waka · waka · Portuguese
waka · rank #50,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,846
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH vit
Nearest frequency peer: vit (-5 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 “waka”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- trova
trova
49,174 corpus weight
- ureia
ureia
49,170 corpus weight
- ventoso
ventoso
49,166 corpus weight
- vit
vit
49,160 corpus weight
- waka
waka
49,155 corpus weight
- acoplar
acoplar
49,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “waka” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waka |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /waˈka/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “waka” em português
Rare enough to double-check
waka is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,846 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /waˈka/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mensageiro cerimonial da comunidade".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for waka, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is waka, spelled W-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1mensageiro cerimonial da comunidade
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jahawe wanakiu. Meeneke amunaun oukawe waka.
Synonyms
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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