vergalhão
/beɾ.ga.'ʎaŋ/
The verdict
“vergalhão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desidioso, folgazão, preguiçoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-vergalhao · vergalhão · Portuguese
vergalhão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vergalhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /beɾ.ga.'ʎaŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vergalhão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vergalhão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /beɾ.ga.'ʎaŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desidioso, folgazão, preguiçoso".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vergalhão, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 vergalhão, spelled V-E-R-G-A-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1desidioso, folgazão, preguiçoso
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.