albergar

verb

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The verdict

“albergar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,110 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,110
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abrigar

Key facts for albergar
PropertyValue
Headwordalbergar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “albergar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). albergar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

albergar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,110 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abrigar".

albergar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is albergar, spelled A-L-B-E-R-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    abrigar

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 "albergar"?
"albergar" is spelled A-L-B-E-R-G-A-R.
What does "albergar" mean?
As a verb, "albergar" means: abrigar
What language does "albergar" come from?
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Using “albergar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-B-E-R-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list