cego

//ˈsɛ.gu// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,606

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cego is anPortugueseadj. It means: que não vê; desprovido de visão Pronounced /ˈsɛ.gu/. It ranks #5,606 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with co and céu.

Key facts for cego
PropertyValue
Headwordcego
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈsɛ.gu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,606
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cego in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cego is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɛ.gu/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,606 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cego, with forms such as "ccego", "ceggo", and "ceog". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "céu", "cem", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cego, spelled C-E-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não vê; desprovido de visão
  2. 2
    que impede o uso da razão
  3. 3
    irracional, alucinado, desvairado
  4. 4
    absoluto, ilimitado
  5. 5
    não afiado (diz-se de instrumento de corte como faca)
  6. 6
    que se desgasta com facilidade

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccego,ceggo,ceog,cgeo,ecgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cego

Misspelling Variants of "cego"

ccego5ceggo5ceog4cgeo4ecgo4
Misspelling Variants of "cego"

Frequency rank: #5,606 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cego"?
"cego" is spelled C-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛ.gu/.
What does "cego" mean?
As an adj, "cego" means: que não vê; desprovido de visão
What words are commonly confused with "cego"?
"cego" is commonly confused with "co", "céu", "cem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cego" is /ˈsɛ.gu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cego" come from?
"cego" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.