andrógeno
The verdict
“andrógeno” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,900 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,900
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de substância que gera as características masculinas no ser humano
Corpus desk
Index PT-androgeno · andrógeno · Portuguese
andrógeno · rank #87,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,900
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH anilha
Nearest frequency peer: anilha (+3 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 “andrógeno”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Alessio
Alessio
12,122 corpus weight
- alike
alike
12,119 corpus weight
- andrógeno
andrógeno
12,101 corpus weight
- anilha
anilha
12,098 corpus weight
- arregimentar
arregimentar
12,075 corpus weight
- arrimo
arrimo
12,072 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “andrógeno” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | andrógeno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “andrógeno” em português
Rare enough to double-check
andrógeno is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,900 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se de substância que gera as características masculinas no ser humano".
andrógeno doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 andrógeno, spelled A-N-D-R-Ó-G-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se de substância que gera as características masculinas no ser humano
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how andrógeno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No entanto, na puberdade, elas entram em ação, induzidas pelo surgimento dos hormônios feminino (estrógeno) e masculino (andrógeno).
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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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