frugal
/fɾu.ˈɡaɫ/
The verdict
“frugal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,763 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,763
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sóbrio, simples, frutívago
Corpus desk
Index PT-frugal · frugal · Portuguese
frugal · rank #78,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,763
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fonógrafo
Nearest frequency peer: fonógrafo (-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 “frugal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- flâmula
flâmula
21,253 corpus weight
- focinheira
focinheira
21,252 corpus weight
- folhear
folhear
21,247 corpus weight
- fonógrafo
fonógrafo
21,245 corpus weight
- frugal
frugal
21,238 corpus weight
- ginecológico
ginecológico
21,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “frugal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɾu.ˈɡaɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “frugal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
frugal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,763 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɾu.ˈɡaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sóbrio, simples, frutívago".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frugal, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 frugal, spelled F-R-U-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1sóbrio, simples, frutívago
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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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