hexágono

/ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ/

//ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ// noun

The verdict

“hexágono” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,600 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,600
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - polígono de seis ângulos e seis lados

Corpus desk

Index PT-hexagono · hexágono · Portuguese

hexágono · rank #75,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,600
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hawaiian

Nearest frequency peer: Hawaiian (-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 “hexágono”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hexágono
PropertyValue
Headwordhexágono
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hexágono” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).hexágonocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Hawaiian” (#75,596), “grigio” (#75,584), “gigantismo” (#75,576). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hexágono” fica em #75,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hexágono is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,600 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "polígono de seis ângulos e seis lados".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hexágono, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 hexágono, spelled H-E-X-Á-G-O-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    polígono de seis ângulos e seis lados

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hexágono"?
"hexágono" is spelled H-E-X-Á-G-O-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ/.
What does "hexágono" mean?
As a noun, "hexágono" means: polígono de seis ângulos e seis lados
How do you pronounce "hexágono"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hexágono" is /ek.ˈsa.go.nʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list