trigo

//ˈtɾi.ɡu// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,348

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

trigo is anPortugueseadj. It means: de trigo; feito de trigo Pronounced /ˈtɾi.ɡu/. It ranks #7,348 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with trip and triz.

Key facts for trigo
PropertyValue
Headwordtrigo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈtɾi.ɡu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,348
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for trigo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɾi.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,348 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de trigo; feito de trigo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for trigo, with forms such as "rtigo", "tirgo", and "trgio". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trip", "triz", "trono", 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 trigo, spelled T-R-I-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de trigo; feito de trigo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtigo,tirgo,trgio,triggo,triog,trrigo,ttrigo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trigo

Misspelling Variants of "trigo"

rtigo5tirgo5trgio5triggo6triog5trrigo6ttrigo6
Misspelling Variants of "trigo"

Frequency rank: #7,348 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trigo"?
"trigo" is spelled T-R-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɾi.ɡu/.
What does "trigo" mean?
As an adj, "trigo" means: de trigo; feito de trigo
What words are commonly confused with "trigo"?
"trigo" is commonly confused with "trip", "triz", "trono". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trigo" is /ˈtɾi.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trigo" come from?
"trigo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.