ortogonal
/ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“ortogonal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,074 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,074
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se da projeção em que cada linha, que projeta um ponto da figura, é perpendicular ao plano de projeção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ortogonal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ortogonal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ortogonal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,074 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se da projeção em que cada linha, que projeta um ponto da figura, é perpendicular ao plano de projeção".
ortogonal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ortogonal, spelled O-R-T-O-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se da projeção em que cada linha, que projeta um ponto da figura, é perpendicular ao plano de projeção
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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Using “ortogonal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-R-T-O-G-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡu.ˈnaɫ/ (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.