sangue

//ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,131

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

sangue is aPortuguesenoun. It means: líquido vermelho que circula pelos vasos sanguíneos; é constituído de plasma e células (hemácias, leucócitos e plaquetas); suas principais funções são transportar o oxigênio dos pulmões para as cél... Pronounced /ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/. It ranks #1,131 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with segue and saque.

Key facts for sangue
PropertyValue
Headwordsangue
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,131
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sangue in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sangue is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,131 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sangue, with forms such as "asngue", "sagnue", and "sangeu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "segue", "saque", "sage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 sangue, spelled S-A-N-G-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido vermelho que circula pelos vasos sanguíneos; é constituído de plasma e células (hemácias, leucócitos e plaquetas); suas principais funções são transportar o oxigênio dos pulmões para as células do organismo e remover o dióxido de carbono dos tecidos de volta para os pulmões
  2. 2
    família, geração, raça
  3. 3
    percentual em barra de vida

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asngue,sagnue,sangeu,sanggue,sanngue,sanuge,snague,ssangue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sangue

Misspelling Variants of "sangue"

asngue6sagnue6sangeu6sanggue7sanngue7sanuge6snague6ssangue7
Misspelling Variants of "sangue"

Frequency rank: #1,131 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sangue"?
"sangue" is spelled S-A-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/.
What does "sangue" mean?
As a noun, "sangue" means: líquido vermelho que circula pelos vasos sanguíneos; é constituído de plasma e células (hemácias, leucócitos e plaquetas); suas principais funções são transportar o oxigênio dos pulmões para as cél...
What words are commonly confused with "sangue"?
"sangue" is commonly confused with "segue", "saque", "sage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sangue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sangue" is /ˈsɐ̃.ɡɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sangue" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.