tragédia
/tɾɐ.ˈʒɛ.djɐ/
The verdict
“tragédia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,435 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,435
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de peça teatral difundida na Grécia antiga
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tragédia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾɐ.ˈʒɛ.djɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tragédia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tragédia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ.ˈʒɛ.djɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,435 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tragédia, with forms such as "rtagédia", "targédia", and "tragdéia". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tragédia, spelled T-R-A-G-É-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1tipo de peça teatral difundida na Grécia antiga
- 2peça teatral comum, em versos e que termina em fatalidades, acontecimentos funestos
- 3acontecimento que gera lástima, comoção ou terror
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtagédia,targédia,tragdéia,traggédia,tragédai,tragéddia,tragéida,traégdia,trgaédia,trragédia,ttragédia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tragédia - 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 “tragédia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-G-É-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾɐ.ˈʒɛ.djɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.