gaguejar
/ɡɐ.ɡɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“gaguejar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,340 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,340
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falar com gagueira, disfemia
Corpus desk
Index PT-gaguejar · gaguejar · Portuguese
gaguejar · rank #57,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,340
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH galleria
Nearest frequency peer: galleria (+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 “gaguejar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- faringe
faringe
42,685 corpus weight
- feitor
feitor
42,683 corpus weight
- fiado
fiado
42,680 corpus weight
- fortificar
fortificar
42,669 corpus weight
- gaguejar
gaguejar
42,661 corpus weight
- galleria
galleria
42,660 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gaguejar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaguejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.ɡɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gaguejar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gaguejar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,340 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡɐ.ɡɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gaguejar has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is gaguejar, spelled G-A-G-U-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1falar com gagueira, disfemia
- 2pronunciar com hesitação; falar com embaraço
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.
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