afegão

//a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,430

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

afegão is anPortugueseadj. It means: de ou relativo ao Afeganistão, país asiático Pronounced /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Often confused with afeto and alemão.

Key facts for afegão
PropertyValue
Headwordafegão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,430
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for afegão is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,430 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de ou relativo ao Afeganistão, país asiático".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for afegão, with forms such as "aefgão", "afeggão", and "afegoã". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "afeto", "alemão", "afetar", 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 afegão, spelled A-F-E-G-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de ou relativo ao Afeganistão, país asiático

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aefgão,afeggão,afegoã,afeãgo,affegão,afgeão,faegão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for afegão

Misspelling Variants of "afegão"

aefgão6afeggão7afegoã6afeãgo6affegão7afgeão6faegão6
Misspelling Variants of "afegão"

Frequency rank: #28,430 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afegão"?
"afegão" is spelled A-F-E-G-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃].
What does "afegão" mean?
As an adj, "afegão" means: de ou relativo ao Afeganistão, país asiático
What words are commonly confused with "afegão"?
"afegão" is commonly confused with "afeto", "alemão", "afetar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afegão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afegão" is /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afegão" come from?
"afegão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.