estragão

noun

The verdict

“estragão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,681 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,681
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das asteráceas, de folhas finas e sabor aromático, usada como tempero na culinária

Corpus desk

Index PT-estragao · estragão · Portuguese

estragão · rank #84,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,681
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH ewe

Nearest frequency peer: ewe (+7 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 “estragão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estragão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estragão
PropertyValue
Headwordestragão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estragão” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).estragãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ewe” (#84,688), “felicitação” (#84,696), “encheção” (#84,656). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estragão” fica em #84,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estragão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,681 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for estragão, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is estragão, spelled E-S-T-R-A-G-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta herbácea da família das asteráceas, de folhas finas e sabor aromático, usada como tempero na culinária
  2. 2
    folha ou parte comestível dessa planta, usada para aromatizar molhos, vinagres e carnes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how estragão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O estragão é comum em pratos da culinária francesa
  2. Ela temperou o frango com estragão fresco

Synonyms

artemísia-dragãodragonete

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estragão"?
"estragão" is spelled E-S-T-R-A-G-Ã-O.
What does "estragão" mean?
As a noun, "estragão" means: planta herbácea da família das asteráceas, de folhas finas e sabor aromático, usada como tempero na culinária
What language does "estragão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estragão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list