plugar

verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plugar
PropertyValue
Headwordplugar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “plugar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).plugarcai 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: “pitangas” (#92,218), “petardo” (#92,210), “propositura” (#92,241). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “plugar” fica em #92,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    pôr plugue em (tomada, entrada, buraco, etc.)
  2. 2
    conectar um cabo em uma entrada no computador

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. plugar o cabo USB

Antonyms

desplugar

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 "plugar"?
"plugar" is spelled P-L-U-G-A-R.
What does "plugar" mean?
As a verb, "plugar" means: pôr plugue em (tomada, entrada, buraco, etc.)
What language does "plugar" come from?
"plugar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plugar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list