agrião

/ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃/

//ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“agrião” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,122 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,122
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das Crucíferas, muito utilizada na culinária em saladas e sopas e na farmácia em xaropes

Corpus desk

Index PT-agriao · agrião · Portuguese

agrião · rank #60,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,122
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH adocicado

Nearest frequency peer: adocicado (-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 “agrião”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “agrião” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agrião
PropertyValue
Headwordagrião
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,122
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “agrião” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.agriãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “adocicado” (#60,117), “absolutely” (#60,110), “abatimento” (#60,107). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “agrião” fica em #60,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agrião is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,122 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "planta herbácea da família das Crucíferas, muito utilizada na culinária em saladas e sopas e na farmácia em xaropes".

No generated misspelling entries exist for agrião in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is agrião, spelled A-G-R-I-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta herbácea da família das Crucíferas, muito utilizada na culinária em saladas e sopas e na farmácia em xaropes

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agrião"?
"agrião" is spelled A-G-R-I-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃/.
What does "agrião" mean?
As a noun, "agrião" means: planta herbácea da família das Crucíferas, muito utilizada na culinária em saladas e sopas e na farmácia em xaropes
How do you pronounce "agrião"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agrião" is /ɐ.ɡɾi.ˈɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agrião", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list