almargem

noun

The verdict

“almargem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,131 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,131
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erva de pasto

Corpus desk

Index PT-almargem · almargem · Portuguese

almargem · rank #86,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,131
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aludir

Nearest frequency peer: aludir (+1 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 “almargem”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for almargem
PropertyValue
Headwordalmargem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,131
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “almargem” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.almargemcai 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: “aludir” (#86,132), “Alandroal” (#86,127), “aircraft” (#86,126). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “almargem” fica em #86,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

almargem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,131 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erva de pasto".

almargem has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is almargem, spelled A-L-M-A-R-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    erva de pasto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O armazém das duas mesnadas parara por detrás dos morros, numa curta almargem de erva, onde um regato claro se arrastava nos seixos, por entre as raízes de amieiros e chorões.

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 "almargem"?
"almargem" is spelled A-L-M-A-R-G-E-M.
What does "almargem" mean?
As a noun, "almargem" means: erva de pasto
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list