texugo

/tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu/

//tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu// noun

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The verdict

“texugo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,279 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,279
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamífero plantígrado, carnívoro e corpulento

Corpus desk

Index PT-texugo · texugo · Portuguese

texugo · rank #55,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,279
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tingir

Nearest frequency peer: tingir (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “texugo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “texugo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for texugo
PropertyValue
Headwordtexugo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “texugo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).texugocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tingir” (#55,282), “toranja” (#55,284), “torácico” (#55,285). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “texugo” fica em #55,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

texugo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,279 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamífero plantígrado, carnívoro e corpulento".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for texugo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is texugo, spelled T-E-X-U-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero plantígrado, carnívoro e corpulento

This word in other languages

badger(English)tejón(Español)blaireau(Français)Dachs(Deutsch)

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 "texugo"?
"texugo" is spelled T-E-X-U-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu/.
What does "texugo" mean?
As a noun, "texugo" means: mamífero plantígrado, carnívoro e corpulento
How do you pronounce "texugo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "texugo" is /tɨ.ˈʃu.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "texugo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tingir#55,282supino#55,267wealth#55,321rótula#55,233

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list