agulha

/ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/

//ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ// noun

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The verdict

“agulha” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,119
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura

Corpus desk

Index PT-agulha · agulha · Portuguese

agulha · rank #10,119 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,119
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH afim

Nearest frequency peer: afim (-1 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 “agulha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “agulha” 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).

agulha vs aula
67% similar
agulha vs água
50% similar
agulha vs águia
50% similar

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

Key facts for agulha
PropertyValue
Headwordagulha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,119
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “agulha”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.agulhacai 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 “afim” (#10,118), “Alejandro” (#10,120), “acusar” (#10,117). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “agulha” fica em #10,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around agulha (IPA /ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,119 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for agulha, with forms such as "aggulha", "agluha", and "aguhla". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aula", "água", "águia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is agulha, spelled A-G-U-L-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura
  2. 2
    tubo metálico oco de baixo calibre usado para a aplicação de injeções
  3. 3
    haste com um pequeno gancho para fazer meia, renda ou malha
  4. 4
    ponteiro de aço magnetizado e que gira sobre um fulcro
  5. 5
    pequeno carril de via férrea para fazer bifurcações e mudanças de linha
  6. 6
    sabor picante de certos vinhos
  7. 7
    variedade de arroz
  8. 8
    folha do pinheiro
  9. 9
    cume pontiagudo de montanha
  10. 10
    o mesmo que espadarte e peixe-agulha
  11. 11
    acém, corte de carne de rês baixo a pá procedente da zona superior
  12. 12
    o mesmo que peixe-agulha: nome vulgar de vários peixes teleósteos da família dos xifiídeos e dos escombrídeos

This word in other languages

needle(English)aguja(Español)aiguille(Français)Nadel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggulha
  • agluha
  • aguhla
  • agulah
  • agulhha
  • agullha
  • auglha
  • gaulha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agulha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aggulha1agluha2aguhla2agulah2agulhha1agullha1auglha2gaulha2
Edit distance from "agulha"

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 "agulha"?
"agulha" is spelled A-G-U-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/.
What does "agulha" mean?
As a noun, "agulha" means: haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura
What words are commonly confused with "agulha"?
"agulha" is commonly confused with "aula", "água", "águia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agulha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agulha" is /ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agulha" come from?
"agulha" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

acusar#10,117achado#10,114abismo#10,113xícara#10,110

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

aperto8 variantsVeloso8 variantscadela8 variantscebola8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list