portagem
The verdict
“portagem” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,062 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,062
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: valor pago pela utilização de uma autoestrada, ponte, túnel, ou outra via de comunicação, quando esse pagamento é pedido
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portagem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /puɾ.ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “portagem” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for portagem is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /puɾ.ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,062 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for portagem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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 portagem, spelled P-O-R-T-A-G-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1valor pago pela utilização de uma autoestrada, ponte, túnel, ou outra via de comunicação, quando esse pagamento é pedido
- 2local onde é efetuado esse pagamento
- 3taxa paga à entrada de uma cidade ou povoação ou para atravessar uma ponte
Synonyms
Frequency rank: #54,062 in Portuguese
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Using “portagem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R-T-A-G-E-M — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /puɾ.ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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