ferragem
/fe.ra.'ʃe/ ou /fe.ra.'ʃeŋ/
The verdict
“ferragem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,821 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,821
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ferragem, conjunto de peças de ferro
Corpus desk
Index PT-ferragem · ferragem · Portuguese
ferragem · rank #92,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,821
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fedelho
Nearest frequency peer: fedelho (-1 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 “ferragem”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- extend
extend
7,189 corpus weight
- exéquias
exéquias
7,187 corpus weight
- fedelho
fedelho
7,181 corpus weight
- ferragem
ferragem
7,180 corpus weight
- fincado
fincado
7,172 corpus weight
- fracionário
fracionário
7,157 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ferragem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferragem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fe.ra.'ʃe/ ou /fe.ra.'ʃeŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ferragem” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ferragem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,821 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fe.ra.'ʃe/ ou /fe.ra.'ʃeŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ferragem, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ferragem, spelled F-E-R-R-A-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1ferragem, conjunto de peças de ferro
- 2ação de ferrar os animais, de lhes pôr ferraduras
- 3jante de ferro que circunda a roda do carro de vacas e sobre a que se produz o deslocamento
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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