linguado

/łĩˈgwadu/

//łĩˈgwadu// noun

The verdict

“linguado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,711 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,711
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação extensiva a peixes com corpo achatado e alongado

Corpus desk

Index PT-linguado · linguado · Portuguese

linguado · rank #51,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,711
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH manjar

Nearest frequency peer: manjar (+6 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 “linguado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for linguado
PropertyValue
Headwordlinguado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/łĩˈgwadu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,711
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “linguado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.linguadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “manjar” (#51,717), “laboratorio” (#51,704), “Kino” (#51,701). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “linguado” fica em #51,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

linguado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,711 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /łĩˈgwadu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

linguado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 linguado, spelled L-I-N-G-U-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação extensiva a peixes com corpo achatado e alongado
  2. 2
    língua grande
  3. 3
    conversa ou linguagem inconveniente
  4. 4
    beijo entre bocas, quando se usa a língua

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 "linguado"?
"linguado" is spelled L-I-N-G-U-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /łĩˈgwadu/.
What does "linguado" mean?
As a noun, "linguado" means: designação extensiva a peixes com corpo achatado e alongado
How do you pronounce "linguado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "linguado" is /łĩˈgwadu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "linguado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "linguado", 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