drogar

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,380

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

drogar is aPortugueseverb. It means: administrar medicamentos a; medicar. Often confused with drogo and drogaria.

Key facts for drogar
PropertyValue
Headworddrogar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,380
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for drogar is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #33,380 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for drogar, with forms such as "ddrogar", "dorgar", and "drgoar". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "drogo", "drogaria", "doar", 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 drogar, spelled D-R-O-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
    administrar medicamentos a; medicar.
  2. 2
    administrar narcóticos, entorpecentes etc. a; dopar.
  3. 3
    tomar medicamentos por iniciativa própria.
  4. 4
    fazer uso de narcótico, entorpecente ou alucinógeno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddrogar,dorgar,drgoar,droagr,drogarr,droggar,drogra,drrogar,rdogar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for drogar

Misspelling Variants of "drogar"

ddrogar7dorgar6drgoar6droagr6drogarr7droggar7drogra6drrogar7
Misspelling Variants of "drogar"

Frequency rank: #33,380 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drogar"?
"drogar" is spelled D-R-O-G-A-R.
What does "drogar" mean?
As a verb, "drogar" means: administrar medicamentos a; medicar.
What words are commonly confused with "drogar"?
"drogar" is commonly confused with "drogo", "drogaria", "doar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "drogar" come from?
"drogar" 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 D 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.