rugoso

adj

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The verdict

“rugoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,242 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,242
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,668
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado

Key facts for rugoso
PropertyValue
Headwordrugoso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,242
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rugoso” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rugoso lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rugoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,242 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado".

rugoso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rugoso, spelled R-U-G-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado

This word in other languages

wrinkled(English)rugoso(Español)

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 "rugoso"?
"rugoso" is spelled R-U-G-O-S-O.
What does "rugoso" mean?
As an adjective, "rugoso" means: que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado
What language does "rugoso" come from?
"rugoso" 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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Using “rugoso”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-U-G-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list