água

//ˈa.gwɐ// noun

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Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#254

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

água is aPortuguesenoun. It means: substância (H₂O) líquida e incolor, insípida e inodora, essencial para a vida da maior parte dos organismos vivos e excelente solvente para muitas outras substâncias; óxido de hidrogênio Pronounced /ˈa.gwɐ/. It ranks #254 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ama and ala.

Key facts for água
PropertyValue
Headwordágua
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈa.gwɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#254
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for água is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈa.gwɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #254 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for água, with forms such as "gáua", "ágau", and "ággua". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ama", "ala", "asa", 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 água, spelled Á-G-U-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância (H₂O) líquida e incolor, insípida e inodora, essencial para a vida da maior parte dos organismos vivos e excelente solvente para muitas outras substâncias; óxido de hidrogênio
  2. 2
    a parte líquida que cobre aproximadamente 70 % da superfície terrestre, sob a forma de mares, lagos e rios
  3. 3
    líquido que corre das árvores quando feridas ou queimadas
  4. 4
    suco de certos frutos
  5. 5
    qualquer secreção orgânica aquosa, como suor, saliva, lágrimas, humor, urina etc.
  6. 6
    secreção patológica que se escoa de um órgão; corrimento
  7. 7
    o mesmo que água-comum
  8. 8
    sopa rala
  9. 9
    ondeado e brilho que se observam no cabelo ou em certos mármores, madeiras (sobretudo quando polidas), tecidos, estofos etc.
  10. 10
    qualidade, nível intelectual ou artístico
  11. 11
    tarefa que não apresenta dificuldade ou não exige esforço
  12. 12
    qualquer medicamento em forma líquida; infusão, cozimento, decocção
  13. 13
    turvação mental causada por excesso de álcool; embriaguez
  14. 14
    época em que os grandes cardumes de peixes nadam em direção às nascentes dos rios
  15. 15
    aguardente de cana; cachaça
  16. 16
    rio ou ribeiro
  17. 17
    vertente de telhado
  18. 18
    solução aquosa onde os cristais se depositam
  19. 19
    líquido obtido por destilação ou infusão
  20. 20
    transparência de algumas pedras calcárias

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gáua,ágau,ággua,áuga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for água

Misspelling Variants of "água"

gáua4ágau4ággua5áuga4
Misspelling Variants of "água"

Frequency rank: #254 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "água"?
"água" is spelled Á-G-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈa.gwɐ/.
What does "água" mean?
As a noun, "água" means: substância (H₂O) líquida e incolor, insípida e inodora, essencial para a vida da maior parte dos organismos vivos e excelente solvente para muitas outras substâncias; óxido de hidrogênio
What words are commonly confused with "água"?
"água" is commonly confused with "ama", "ala", "asa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "água"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "água" is /ˈa.gwɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "água" come from?
"água" 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.