agulha

//ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,119

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

agulha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura Pronounced /ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/. Often confused with aula and água.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for agulha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,119 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for agulha, with forms such as "aggulha", "agluha", and "aguhla". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aula", "água", "águia", 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 agulha, spelled A-G-U-L-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggulha,agluha,aguhla,agulah,agulhha,agullha,auglha,gaulha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agulha

Misspelling Variants of "agulha"

aggulha7agluha6aguhla6agulah6agulhha7agullha7auglha6gaulha6
Misspelling Variants of "agulha"

Frequency rank: #10,119 in Portuguese

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?
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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.