gauge

noun

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The verdict

“gauge” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,805 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,805
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que calibre

Corpus desk

Index PT-gauge · gauge · Portuguese

gauge · rank #99,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,805
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH Garten

Nearest frequency peer: Garten (-2 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 “gauge”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gauge” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gauge
PropertyValue
Headwordgauge
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gauge” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gaugecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Garten” (#99,803), “fois” (#99,784), “guppy” (#99,841). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gauge” fica em #99,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gauge is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,805 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que calibre".

gauge has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is gauge, spelled G-A-U-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que calibre

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gauge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O que é gauge? - É calibre. - E o que é calibre? - É gauge.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gauge"?
"gauge" is spelled G-A-U-G-E.
What does "gauge" mean?
As a noun, "gauge" means: o mesmo que calibre
What language does "gauge" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gauge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guppy#99,841crust#99,611cours#99,603cotão#99,602

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list