vague

\vaɡ\

/\vaɡ\/ adj

The verdict

“vague” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,828 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,828
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vago

Corpus desk

Index PT-vague · vague · Portuguese

vague · rank #67,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,828
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH trincar

Nearest frequency peer: trincar (-7 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “vague”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vague” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vague
PropertyValue
Headwordvague
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vaɡ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vague” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.vaguecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “trincar” (#67,821), “tonel” (#67,812), “yogurt” (#67,846). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vague” fica em #67,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vague is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,828 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vaɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vago".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vague, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is vague, spelled V-A-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    vago

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 "vague"?
"vague" is spelled V-A-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vaɡ\.
What does "vague" mean?
As an adjective, "vague" means: vago
How do you pronounce "vague"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vague" is \vaɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vague" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vague", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list