náufrago

noun

The verdict

“náufrago” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,025 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,025
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio

Corpus desk

Index PT-naufrago · náufrago · Portuguese

náufrago · rank #54,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,025
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH nut

Nearest frequency peer: nut (-1 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 “náufrago”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for náufrago
PropertyValue
Headwordnáufrago
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “náufrago” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).náufragocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “nut” (#54,024), “ocasionado” (#54,027), “nivelamento” (#54,022). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “náufrago” fica em #54,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

náufrago is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,025 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for náufrago, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is náufrago, spelled N-Á-U-F-R-A-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how náufrago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Por fim uma idéia sinistra passou-lhe pela mente e agarrou-se a ela como um náufrago a um destroço de seu navio; o desespero tem dessas coincidências; um pensamento louco é às vezes um bálsamo consolador, que, se não cura, adormece o padecimento.

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 "náufrago"?
"náufrago" is spelled N-Á-U-F-R-A-G-O.
What does "náufrago" mean?
As a noun, "náufrago" means: pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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