draga
/ˈdɾa.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“draga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,929 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,929
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - embarcação ou estrutura flutuante destinada a retirar areia, lama ou lodo do fundo do mar, de rios e canais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | draga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɾa.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “draga” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
draga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,929 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɾa.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
draga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is draga, spelled D-R-A-G-A.
Definition
- 1embarcação ou estrutura flutuante destinada a retirar areia, lama ou lodo do fundo do mar, de rios e canais
- 2aparelho com que se tira areia, lodo, entulho, etc., do fundo dos rios, dos portos de mar, etc.
- 3cada um dos dois madeiros de castanho, que revestem, em todo comprimento a extremidade superior do costado do barco
- 4qualquer veículo velho
- 5arma de fogo; revólver
- 6aquele que come muito; comilão
- 7time medíocre ou em má fase
- 8situação em que se está há algum tempo com mau êxito nas partidas
- 9circunstância ou situação em que não se tem dinheiro
Synonyms
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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Using “draga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-R-A-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɾa.ɡɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.