Portugal

/poX.tu."gaw/

//poX.tu."gaw// noun

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The verdict

“Portugal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#497
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país do extremo Oeste da Europa, situado na Península Ibérica, com 91.985 km², incluindo os Açores a ilha da Madeira, que politicamente são regiões autónomas; faz fronteira apenas com Espanha; a ca...

Corpus desk

Index PT-portugal · Portugal · Portuguese

Portugal · rank #497 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #497
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH senhor

Nearest frequency peer: senhor (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Portugal”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Portugal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Portugal vs pontual
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Portugal
PropertyValue
HeadwordPortugal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/poX.tu."gaw/
Letters8
Frequency rank#497
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Portugal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Portugalcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “senhor” (#498), “viu” (#499), “certeza” (#500). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “Portugal” fica em #497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Portugal (IPA /poX.tu."gaw/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #497 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Portugal, with forms such as "oprtugal", "porrtugal", and "portgual". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pontual", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Portugal, spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    país do extremo Oeste da Europa, situado na Península Ibérica, com 91.985 km², incluindo os Açores a ilha da Madeira, que politicamente são regiões autónomas; faz fronteira apenas com Espanha; a capital é Lisboa; nome oficial: República Portuguesa
  2. 2
    sobrenome

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Por que pediu ajuda ao rei de Portugal? Porque era melhor a companhia de um rei que estar nas anárquicas repúblicas latino-americanas.

This word in other languages

Portugal(English)Portugal(Español)Portugal(Français)Portugal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtugal
  • porrtugal
  • portgual
  • porttugal
  • portuagl
  • portugall
  • portuggal
  • portugla
  • porutgal
  • potrugal
  • pportugal
  • protugal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Portugal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oprtugal2porrtugal1portgual2porttugal1portuagl2portugall1portuggal1portugla2
Edit distance from "Portugal"

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 "Portugal"?
"Portugal" is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /poX.tu."gaw/.
What does "Portugal" mean?
As a noun, "Portugal" means: país do extremo Oeste da Europa, situado na Península Ibérica, com 91.985 km², incluindo os Açores a ilha da Madeira, que politicamente são regiões autónomas; faz fronteira apenas com Espanha; a ca...
What words are commonly confused with "Portugal"?
"Portugal" is commonly confused with "pontual". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Portugal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Portugal" is /poX.tu."gaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Portugal" come from?
"Portugal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

setembro#512educação#474produção#471melhores#465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

sociedade12 variantsbastante12 variantsaconteceu12 variantsdezembro12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list