tango
/ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
The verdict
“tango” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,623 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,623
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é complexa
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tango |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tango” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tango is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,623 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é complexa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tango, with forms such as "atngo", "tagno", and "tanggo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tão", "Togo", "tato", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tango, spelled T-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é complexa
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atngo,tagno,tanggo,tanngo,tanog,tnago,ttango
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tango - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “tango”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-A-N-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tão” - see the side-by-side comparison. tango vs tão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.