alguien

/ˈal.ɰjen/

//ˈal.ɰjen// pron

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The verdict

“alguien” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,873 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,873
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

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

Key facts for alguien
PropertyValue
Headwordalguien
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/ˈal.ɰjen/
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “alguien” 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). alguien lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alguien is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,873 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈal.ɰjen/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alguém:".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alguien, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is alguien, spelled A-L-G-U-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    alguém:

Synonyms

alguno

Antonyms

nadieninguno

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 "alguien"?
"alguien" is spelled A-L-G-U-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈal.ɰjen/.
What does "alguien" mean?
As a pronoun, "alguien" means: alguém:
How do you pronounce "alguien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alguien" is /ˈal.ɰjen/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alguien" come from?
"alguien" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “alguien”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-G-U-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈal.ɰjen/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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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