bagulho

noun

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The verdict

“bagulho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,599
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - algo que não se deseja, não se faz questão ou se dispensa de nomear pelo nome específico; uma coisa qualquer

Corpus desk

Index PT-bagulho · bagulho · Portuguese

bagulho · rank #29,599 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,599
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH avestruz

Nearest frequency peer: avestruz (-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 “bagulho”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “bagulho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bagulho vs barulho
86% similar
bagulho vs baralho
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bagulho
PropertyValue
Headwordbagulho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,599
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bagulho”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bagulhocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “avestruz” (#29,598), “bale” (#29,600), “autodidata” (#29,597). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bagulho” fica em #29,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bagulho, anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,599 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bagulho, with forms such as "abgulho", "baggulho", and "bagluho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "barulho", "baralho", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is bagulho, spelled B-A-G-U-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    algo que não se deseja, não se faz questão ou se dispensa de nomear pelo nome específico; uma coisa qualquer
  2. 2
    bagos de romã
  3. 3
    grainha de uva
  4. 4
    pessoa feia ou mal-cuidada
  5. 5
    entorpecente, droga
  6. 6
    dinheiro

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

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Synonyms

fitaparadinhaparada

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abgulho
  • baggulho
  • bagluho
  • baguhlo
  • bagulhho
  • bagullho
  • baguloh
  • bauglho
  • bbagulho
  • bgaulho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bagulho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abgulho2baggulho1bagluho2baguhlo2bagulhho1bagullho1baguloh2bauglho2
Edit distance from "bagulho"

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 "bagulho"?
"bagulho" is spelled B-A-G-U-L-H-O.
What does "bagulho" mean?
As a noun, "bagulho" means: algo que não se deseja, não se faz questão ou se dispensa de nomear pelo nome específico; uma coisa qualquer
What words are commonly confused with "bagulho"?
"bagulho" is commonly confused with "barulho", "baralho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bagulho" come from?
"bagulho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bobeira#29,610cátedra#29,665saquear#29,511enfiado#29,706

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

prólogo10 variantsmiragem10 variantsmatamos10 variantslagosta10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list