pentágono

//pẽj.ˈta.go.nu// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,407

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pentágono is aPortuguesenoun. It means: polígono de cinco lados Pronounced /pẽj.ˈta.go.nu/.

Key facts for pentágono
PropertyValue
Headwordpentágono
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pẽj.ˈta.go.nu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,407
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pentágono in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pentágono is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pẽj.ˈta.go.nu/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,407 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "polígono de cinco lados".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pentágono, with forms such as "epntágono", "penntágono", and "pentgáono". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pentágono, spelled P-E-N-T-Á-G-O-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    polígono de cinco lados

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epntágono,penntágono,pentgáono,penttágono,pentággono,pentágnoo,pentágonno,pentágoon,pentáogno,penátgono,petnágono,pnetágono,ppentágono

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pentágono

Misspelling Variants of "pentágono"

epntágono9penntágono10pentgáono9penttágono10pentággono10pentágnoo9pentágonno10pentágoon9
Misspelling Variants of "pentágono"

Frequency rank: #18,407 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pentágono"?
"pentágono" is spelled P-E-N-T-Á-G-O-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pẽj.ˈta.go.nu/.
What does "pentágono" mean?
As a noun, "pentágono" means: polígono de cinco lados
What are common misspellings of "pentágono"?
Common misspellings include "epntágono", "penntágono", "pentgáono", "penttágono", "pentággono". The correct spelling is "pentágono".
How do you pronounce "pentágono"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pentágono" is /pẽj.ˈta.go.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pentágono" come from?
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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.