estragão

noun

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The verdict

“estragão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,681 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,681
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das asteráceas, de folhas finas e sabor aromático, usada como tempero na culinária

Key facts for estragão
PropertyValue
Headwordestragão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estragão” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). estragão lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estragão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,681 among 2,493 “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

Synonyms

artemísia-dragãodragonete

Antonyms

manjericãosalsinha

This word in other languages

tarragon(English)estragón(Español)estragon(Français)

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?
"estragão" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “estragão”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-R-A-G-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list