orégão
/ɔ.ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“orégão” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orégão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orégão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for orégão is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero".
orégão has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is orégão, spelled O-R-É-G-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero
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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.
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Using “orégão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-R-É-G-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔ.ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.