narguilé

noun

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The verdict

“narguilé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,153 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,153
frequency rank, Portuguese
881
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cachimbo de água

Key facts for narguilé
PropertyValue
Headwordnarguilé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “narguilé” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). narguilé lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

narguilé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,153 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cachimbo de água".

No misspelling variants are generated for narguilé in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is narguilé, spelled N-A-R-G-U-I-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    cachimbo de água

This word in other languages

hookah(English)narguilé(Français)Shisha(Deutsch)

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 "narguilé"?
"narguilé" is spelled N-A-R-G-U-I-L-É.
What does "narguilé" mean?
As a noun, "narguilé" means: cachimbo de água
What language does "narguilé" come from?
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Using “narguilé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-A-R-G-U-I-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list