estragão
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
- encardido
encardido
15,346 corpus weight
- encheção
encheção
15,345 corpus weight
- estragão
estragão
15,320 corpus weight
- ewe
ewe
15,313 corpus weight
- felicitação
felicitação
15,305 corpus weight
- fiscalidade
fiscalidade
15,295 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estragão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estragão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estragão” em português
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
- 1planta herbácea da família das asteráceas, de folhas finas e sabor aromático, usada como tempero na culinária
- 2folha ou parte comestível dessa planta, usada para aromatizar molhos, vinagres e carnes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estragão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O estragão é comum em pratos da culinária francesa
Ela temperou o frango com estragão fresco
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Antonyms
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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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