luge
/ˈlu.ʒi/
The verdict
“luge” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esporte olímpico de inverno que consiste em descer uma pista de gelo em cima de um trenó. As competições podem ser em duplas ou individual e ganha quem completar o circuito no menos tempo
Corpus desk
Index PT-luge · luge · Portuguese
luge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luge |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlu.ʒi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “luge” em português
Rare enough to double-check
luge is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlu.ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
luge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is luge, spelled L-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1esporte olímpico de inverno que consiste em descer uma pista de gelo em cima de um trenó. As competições podem ser em duplas ou individual e ganha quem completar o circuito no menos tempo
- 2o trenó usado nesse esporte
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.