berbigão
/bɨɾ.bi.ˈɡɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“berbigão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - molusco lamelibrânquio de concha estriada utilizado na alimentação
Corpus desk
Index PT-berbigao · berbigão · Portuguese
berbigão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | berbigão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɨɾ.bi.ˈɡɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “berbigão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
berbigão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɨɾ.bi.ˈɡɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "molusco lamelibrânquio de concha estriada utilizado na alimentação".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for berbigão, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 berbigão, spelled B-E-R-B-I-G-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1molusco lamelibrânquio de concha estriada utilizado na alimentação
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.