amargo
/ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɡu/
The verdict
“amargo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,579
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que amarga, que possui um sabor áspero e por vezes desagradável, como o do café puro, do quinino, do fel etc.
Corpus desk
Index PT-amargo · amargo · Portuguese
amargo · rank #11,579 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,579
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ambulância
Nearest frequency peer: ambulância (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “amargo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- alone
alone
88,424 corpus weight
- amargo
amargo
88,422 corpus weight
- ambulância
ambulância
88,421 corpus weight
- anfitrião
anfitrião
88,420 corpus weight
- aproveitame…
aproveitamento
88,418 corpus weight
- aquecer
aquecer
88,417 corpus weight
What this shows “amargo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amargo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “amargo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around amargo (IPA /ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɡu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,579 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amargo, with forms such as "aamrgo", "amagro", and "amarggo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "amigo", "amparo", "armário", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is amargo, spelled A-M-A-R-G-O.
Definition
- 1que amarga, que possui um sabor áspero e por vezes desagradável, como o do café puro, do quinino, do fel etc.
- 2custoso; triste; duro
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amargo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da mesma forma, as sobremesas, apesar de populares, como o pudim de leite e a musse de chocolate meio amargo, exigiram dedicação e estudo.
Intrigante que um homem com senso crítico agudo e amargo como Drummond tenha se transformado numa virtual unanimidade.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aamrgo
- amagro
- amarggo
- amarog
- amarrgo
- ammargo
- amrago
- maargo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amargo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amargo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).