lumbago
/lũˈbaɡu/
The verdict
“lumbago” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lombalgia
Corpus desk
Index PT-lumbago · lumbago · Portuguese
lumbago · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | lumbago |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lũˈbaɡu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lumbago” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lumbago is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /lũˈbaɡu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lumbago in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lumbago, spelled L-U-M-B-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1lombalgia
- 2dor nas costas, ou no lombo
Synonyms
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.