andrógeno
The verdict
“andrógeno” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,900 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,900
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de substância que gera as características masculinas no ser humano
| 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) |
Where “andrógeno” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
andrógeno is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,900 among 4,352 “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
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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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Using “andrógeno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-D-R-Ó-G-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.