alagar
/ɐ.lɐ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“alagar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,321 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,321
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cobrir de água
Corpus desk
Index PT-alagar · alagar · Portuguese
alagar · rank #50,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,321
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aeronáutico
Nearest frequency peer: aeronáutico (-6 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 “alagar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acentuação
acentuação
49,693 corpus weight
- adoçar
adoçar
49,687 corpus weight
- aeronáutico
aeronáutico
49,686 corpus weight
- alagar
alagar
49,680 corpus weight
- andaime
andaime
49,669 corpus weight
- anno
anno
49,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alagar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alagar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.lɐ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alagar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alagar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,321 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.lɐ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alagar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is alagar, spelled A-L-A-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1cobrir de água
- 2inundar
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.
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