urgência
/uɾ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“urgência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,801 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,801
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - necessidade de fazer alguma coisa imediatamente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urgência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /uɾ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urgência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for urgência is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /uɾ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,801 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 urgência, with forms such as "rugência", "ugrência", and "urggência". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is urgência, spelled U-R-G-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1necessidade de fazer alguma coisa imediatamente
- 2pressa
- 3sector do hospital onde se atendem pacientes que necessitam de cuidados médicos imediatos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rugência,ugrência,urggência,urgnêcia,urgêcnia,urgêncai,urgênccia,urgênica,urgênncia,urrgência,urêgncia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urgência - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “urgência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-R-G-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /uɾ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/ (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.