travagem

noun

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The verdict

“travagem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,047 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,047
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de travar

Key facts for travagem
PropertyValue
Headwordtravagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “travagem” 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). travagem 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

travagem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,047 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de travar".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for travagem, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is travagem, spelled T-R-A-V-A-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de travar

This word in other languages

braking(English)frenado(Español)freinage(Français)Bremsen(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 "travagem"?
"travagem" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-G-E-M.
What does "travagem" mean?
As a noun, "travagem" means: ato de travar
What language does "travagem" come from?
"travagem" 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 “travagem”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-V-A-G-E-M - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list