gorgulho
/goɾˈgu.ʎʊ/, /gʊɾˈgu.ʎʊ/
The verdict
“gorgulho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,045 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,045
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de besouro da família dos curculionídeos
Corpus desk
Index PT-gorgulho · gorgulho · Portuguese
gorgulho · rank #91,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,045
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gravíssimas
Nearest frequency peer: gravíssimas (+4 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 “gorgulho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Eurydice
Eurydice
9,014 corpus weight
- fervo
fervo
8,992 corpus weight
- gaijin
gaijin
8,971 corpus weight
- gorgulho
gorgulho
8,956 corpus weight
- gravíssimas
gravíssimas
8,952 corpus weight
- Greice
Greice
8,950 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gorgulho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gorgulho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /goɾˈgu.ʎʊ/, /gʊɾˈgu.ʎʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gorgulho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gorgulho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,045 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /goɾˈgu.ʎʊ/, /gʊɾˈgu.ʎʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gorgulho, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gorgulho, spelled G-O-R-G-U-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1espécie de besouro da família dos curculionídeos
- 2inseto ou larva perfuradora de cereais, frutas
- 3depósito sedimentoso que contém diamantes e outros minerais
- 4fragmentos de rocha onde pode se encontrar ouro
- 5pedras miúdas encontradas em leitos de rios
- 6baixio ou quantidade considerável de pedras que obstruem a foz de um rio
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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