albergar

verb

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The verdict

“albergar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,110 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,110
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-albergar · albergar · Portuguese

albergar · rank #57,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,110
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alcateia

Nearest frequency peer: alcateia (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “albergar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “albergar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for albergar
PropertyValue
Headwordalbergar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “albergar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).albergarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “alcateia” (#57,112), “aio” (#57,107), “alcohol” (#57,113). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “albergar” fica em #57,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

albergar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,110 among 1,900 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A lei tal alberga a ideia de legitimidade

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alcateia#57,112travagem#57,047caridoso#57,190chilique#57,199

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list