águas

noun

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The verdict

“águas” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,077
frequency rank, Portuguese
25
“Á” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marés

Corpus desk

Index PT-aguas · águas · Portuguese

águas · rank #2,077 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,077
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 25
  • PHOTO-FINISH agricultura

Nearest frequency peer: agricultura (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “águas”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “águas” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

águas vs amas
40% similar
águas vs alas
40% similar
águas vs ânus
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for águas
PropertyValue
Headwordáguas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,077
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “águas”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).águascai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “agricultura” (#2,079), “ameaça” (#2,080), “bar” (#2,081). Entre 25 lemas com “Á”, “águas” fica em #2,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around águas, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,077 among 25 “Á” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for águas, with forms such as "gáuas", "ágaus", and "ágguas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "amas", "alas", "ânus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is águas, spelled Á-G-U-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    marés
  2. 2
    chuvas, monção, período das chuvas
  3. 3
    balneário, estância hidromineral
  4. 4
    líquido amniótico expulso na hora do parto
  5. 5
    caminho marítimo
  6. 6
    propensão, tendência, moda
  7. 7
    nascentes de águas minerais e medicinais; termas, estância hidromineral
  8. 8
    substâncias orgânicas, especialmente o líquido amniótico que envolve o feto na cavidade uterina, expulsas por ocasião do parto
  9. 9
    mostras, sinais exteriores
  10. 10
    (Derivação: por metáfora) exemplos, experiências, tendências (de algo ou de alguém)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how águas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ir nas águas de um mentor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gáuas
  • ágaus
  • ágguas
  • águass
  • águsa
  • áugas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of águas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gáuas2ágaus2ágguas1águass1águsa2áugas2
Edit distance from "águas"

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 "águas"?
"águas" is spelled Á-G-U-A-S.
What does "águas" mean?
As a noun, "águas" means: marés
What words are commonly confused with "águas"?
"águas" is commonly confused with "amas", "alas", "ânus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "águas" come from?
"águas" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

canto#2,082senti#2,071rural#2,070cores#2,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ameaça6 variantstomou6 variantstoque6 variantsbolsa6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list