burgo
/ˈbuʁ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɦ.ɡu]
The verdict
“burgo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,657 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,657
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - na acepção romana antiga, designa local fortificado, ganhando na Idade Média a conotação de castelo, forte ou mosteiro e suas cercanias, de onde se originaram diversas cidades
Corpus desk
Index PT-burgo · burgo · Portuguese
burgo · rank #64,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,657
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH borbulha
Nearest frequency peer: borbulha (-5 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “burgo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bacanal
bacanal
35,364 corpus weight
- biju
biju
35,353 corpus weight
- borbulha
borbulha
35,349 corpus weight
- burgo
burgo
35,344 corpus weight
- cabisbaixo
cabisbaixo
35,339 corpus weight
- cafuné
cafuné
35,338 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “burgo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burgo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbuʁ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɦ.ɡu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “burgo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
burgo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,657 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbuʁ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɦ.ɡu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for burgo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is burgo, spelled B-U-R-G-O.
Definition
- 1na acepção romana antiga, designa local fortificado, ganhando na Idade Média a conotação de castelo, forte ou mosteiro e suas cercanias, de onde se originaram diversas cidades
- 2a morada do burguês, local de luxo, protegido e de acesso restrito
- 3na Inglaterra, designa a cidade ou vila que tem o direito de eleger representante para o Parlamento
Synonyms
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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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