plugar
The verdict
“plugar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,220 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr plugue em (tomada, entrada, buraco, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index PT-plugar · plugar · Portuguese
plugar · rank #92,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,220
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pitangas
Nearest frequency peer: pitangas (-2 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 “plugar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pancadão
pancadão
7,807 corpus weight
- parafrasear
parafrasear
7,805 corpus weight
- petardo
petardo
7,791 corpus weight
- pitangas
pitangas
7,783 corpus weight
- plugar
plugar
7,781 corpus weight
- propositura
propositura
7,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “plugar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plugar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “plugar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
plugar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,220 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plugar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is plugar, spelled P-L-U-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1pôr plugue em (tomada, entrada, buraco, etc.)
- 2conectar um cabo em uma entrada no computador
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plugar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
plugar o cabo USB
Antonyms
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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