devagar

//de.va.ˈgaɹ// adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,520

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

devagar is anPortugueseadv. It means: em baixa velocidade Pronounced /de.va.ˈgaɹ/. It ranks #5,520 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with devorar and devastar.

Key facts for devagar
PropertyValue
Headworddevagar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/de.va.ˈgaɹ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,520
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for devagar is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /de.va.ˈgaɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,520 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for devagar, with forms such as "ddevagar", "deavgar", and "devaagr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "devorar", "devastar", "deparar", 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 devagar, spelled D-E-V-A-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    em baixa velocidade
  2. 2
    de maneira lenta
  3. 3
    com delicadeza; delicadamente, suavemente
  4. 4
    aos poucos; de forma progressiva; gradualmente, paulatinamente, progressivamente

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddevagar,deavgar,devaagr,devagarr,devaggar,devagra,devgaar,devvagar,dveagar,edvagar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for devagar

Misspelling Variants of "devagar"

ddevagar8deavgar7devaagr7devagarr8devaggar8devagra7devgaar7devvagar8
Misspelling Variants of "devagar"

Frequency rank: #5,520 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "devagar"?
"devagar" is spelled D-E-V-A-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /de.va.ˈgaɹ/.
What does "devagar" mean?
As an adv, "devagar" means: em baixa velocidade
What words are commonly confused with "devagar"?
"devagar" is commonly confused with "devorar", "devastar", "deparar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devagar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devagar" is /de.va.ˈgaɹ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devagar" come from?
"devagar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.