gárgula
/ˈɡaɾ.ɡu.lɐ/
The verdict
“gárgula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,936 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,936
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estátua de pedra existente em catedrais góticas, que representa normalmente um monstro
Corpus desk
Index PT-gargula · gárgula · Portuguese
gárgula · rank #82,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,936
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH grêmios
Nearest frequency peer: grêmios (-5 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 “gárgula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- genitor
genitor
17,090 corpus weight
- geometricam…
geometricamente
17,089 corpus weight
- glasses
glasses
17,082 corpus weight
- glutão
glutão
17,081 corpus weight
- grêmios
grêmios
17,070 corpus weight
- gárgula
gárgula
17,065 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gárgula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gárgula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡaɾ.ɡu.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gárgula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gárgula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,936 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡaɾ.ɡu.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gárgula in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is gárgula, spelled G-Á-R-G-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1estátua de pedra existente em catedrais góticas, que representa normalmente um monstro
- 2abertura por onde corre a água das cimalhas, das fontes, etc
- 3cano horizontal que recebe a água dos beirais
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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