grogue
/ˈɡɾɔ.ɡɨ/
The verdict
“grogue” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,532 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,532
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bebida alcoólica composta de suco e casca de limão, açúcar e água quente;
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grogue |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɾɔ.ɡɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grogue” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grogue is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,532 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɾɔ.ɡɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grogue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is grogue, spelled G-R-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1bebida alcoólica composta de suco e casca de limão, açúcar e água quente;
- 2aguardente
Synonyms
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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Using “grogue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-O-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɾɔ.ɡɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.