beluga

noun

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The verdict

“beluga” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #66,001 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#66,001
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero cetáceo da família dos monodontídeos (Delphinapterus leucas).

Key facts for beluga
PropertyValue
Headwordbeluga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,001
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “beluga” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). beluga lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for beluga is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #66,001 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mamífero cetáceo da família dos monodontídeos (Delphinapterus leucas).".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for beluga, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is beluga, spelled B-E-L-U-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero cetáceo da família dos monodontídeos (Delphinapterus leucas).

Synonyms

baleia-branca

This word in other languages

beluga(English)beluga(Español)béluga(Français)Weißwal(Deutsch)

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 "beluga"?
"beluga" is spelled B-E-L-U-G-A.
What does "beluga" mean?
As a noun, "beluga" means: mamífero cetáceo da família dos monodontídeos (Delphinapterus leucas).
What language does "beluga" come from?
"beluga" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “beluga”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-E-L-U-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list