pulga

noun

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The verdict

“pulga” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,315
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pulga

Corpus desk

Index PT-pulga · pulga · Portuguese

pulga · rank #30,315 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,315
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH rate

Nearest frequency peer: rate (+6 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 “pulga”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pulga” 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).

pulga vs puta
60% similar
pulga vs pulo
60% similar
pulga vs puma
60% similar

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

Key facts for pulga
PropertyValue
Headwordpulga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,315
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pulga”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “rate” (#30,321), “Pitágoras” (#30,304), “related” (#30,330). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pulga” fica em #30,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pulga, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,315 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pulga".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pulga, with forms such as "pluga", "ppulga", and "pugla". 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 also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "pulo", "puma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pulga, spelled P-U-L-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pulga

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Se considera plaga a roedores, mosquitos, cucarachas, pulgas, garrapatas, piojos, abejas y avispas" enumera el subsecretario de Política y Gestión Ambiental porteño, Hernán Díaz Saubidet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pluga
  • ppulga
  • pugla
  • pulag
  • pulgga
  • pullga
  • uplga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pulga - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pluga2ppulga1pugla2pulag2pulgga1pullga1uplga2
Edit distance from "pulga"

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 "pulga"?
"pulga" is spelled P-U-L-G-A.
What does "pulga" mean?
As a noun, "pulga" means: pulga
What words are commonly confused with "pulga"?
"pulga" is commonly confused with "puta", "pulo", "puma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pulga" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

means#30,253malte#30,244baião#30,438harpa#30,188

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

miopia7 variantscalha7 variantsfunil7 variantsfrade7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list