ágar
/ˈa.gaɹ/
The verdict
“ágar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,654 among 25 “Á” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,654
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 25
- “Á” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de goma que é extraída das algas vermelhas
Corpus desk
Index PT-agar · ágar · Portuguese
ágar · rank #73,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,654
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 25
- PHOTO-FINISH whether
Nearest frequency peer: whether (-12 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 “ágar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ventana
ventana
26,373 corpus weight
- whether
whether
26,359 corpus weight
- ágar
ágar
26,347 corpus weight
- alpiste
alpiste
26,308 corpus weight
- Anatólia
Anatólia
26,302 corpus weight
- ansiar
ansiar
26,298 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ágar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ágar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.gaɹ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ágar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ágar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,654 among 25 “Á” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈa.gaɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de goma que é extraída das algas vermelhas".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ágar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ágar, spelled Á-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1espécie de goma que é extraída das algas vermelhas
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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