nalguma
/nawˈɡũ.mɐ/ [naʊ̯ˈɡũ.mɐ]
The verdict
“nalguma” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,188 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a contraction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,188
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido alguma
Corpus desk
Index PT-nalguma · nalguma · Portuguese
nalguma · rank #71,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,188
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nicht
Nearest frequency peer: nicht (+5 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 “nalguma”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mich
mich
28,834 corpus weight
- module
module
28,824 corpus weight
- nalguma
nalguma
28,813 corpus weight
- nicht
nicht
28,808 corpus weight
- oblivion
oblivion
28,804 corpus weight
- paginação
paginação
28,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nalguma” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nalguma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /nawˈɡũ.mɐ/ [naʊ̯ˈɡũ.mɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nalguma” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nalguma is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,188 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as acontraction, transcribed /nawˈɡũ.mɐ/ [naʊ̯ˈɡũ.mɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido alguma".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nalguma, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nalguma, spelled N-A-L-G-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido alguma
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nalguma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Larguei minhas luvas nalguma mesa e agora não consigo encontrá-las.
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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