bigorna

Name: bigorna, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]

//biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“bigorna” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,601
frequency rank, Portuguese: 840
“B” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de ferro em que se malham e amoldam metais

Corpus desk

Index PT-bigorna · bigorna · Portuguese

bigorna · rank #38,601 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #38,601
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 840
PHOTO-FINISH bofetada

Nearest frequency peer: bofetada (+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.

balnear

61,410
beato

61,406
berro

61,403
bigorna

61,400
bofetada

61,399
cadarço

61,396

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

Key facts for bigorna
Property	Value
Headword	bigorna
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#38,601
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bigorna”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bigornacai aqui:

#38,601

#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 “bofetada” (#38,602), “berro” (#38,598), “cadarço” (#38,605). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bigorna” fica em #38,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bigorna (IPA /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,601 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bigorna, with forms such as "bbigorna", "bgiorna", and "biggorna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bigorna, spelled B-I-G-O-R-N-A.

Definition

1
peça de ferro em que se malham e amoldam metais
2
ossículo em forma de bigorna¹ localizado na orelha média
3
peça de automóvel em forma de bigorna¹

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Yuri Chechi, um dos maiores ginastas italianos e medalhista de ouro olímpico, bateu um enorme martelo sobre uma bigorna de bronze e deu início à cerimônia de abertura dos Jogos de Inverno, iniciada às 20 horas locais (17 horas de Brasília.
O modelo R29, da francesa Renault, preservou a barbatana (a chamada "bigorna") na parte traseira.

This word in other languages

anvil(English)yunque(Español)enclume(Français)Amboss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbigorna
bgiorna
biggorna
bigonra
bigoran
bigornna
bigorrna
bigrona
biogrna
ibgorna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bigorna - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "bigorna"

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 "bigorna"?

"bigorna" is spelled B-I-G-O-R-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ].

What does "bigorna" mean?

As a noun, "bigorna" means: peça de ferro em que se malham e amoldam metais

What are common misspellings of "bigorna"?

Common misspellings include "bbigorna", "bgiorna", "biggorna", "bigonra", "bigoran". The correct spelling is "bigorna".

How do you pronounce "bigorna"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bigorna" is /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cadarço#38,605 balnear#38,591 chefiar#38,622 tournée#38,519

Similar misspelling depth

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

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