vaga
/ˈva.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“vaga” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,456
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feminino de vago
Corpus desk
Index PT-vaga · vaga · Portuguese
vaga · rank #2,456 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,456
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH virar
Nearest frequency peer: virar (+1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “vaga”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- topo
topo
97,551 corpus weight
- turma
turma
97,549 corpus weight
- vaga
vaga
97,545 corpus weight
- virar
virar
97,544 corpus weight
- acerca
acerca
97,542 corpus weight
- atualização
atualização
97,539 corpus weight
What this shows “vaga” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈva.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “vaga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around vaga (IPA /ˈva.ɡɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,456 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "feminino de vago".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaga, with forms such as "avga", "vaag", and "vagga". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vai", "vão", "via", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is vaga, spelled V-A-G-A.
Definition
- 1feminino de vago
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avga
- vaag
- vagga
- vgaa
- vvaga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaga - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaga", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).