vergonha
[veɾ.ˈgo.ɲa]
The verdict
“vergonha” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,692
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - confusão que se apodera do nosso espírito pelo receio de desonra
Corpus desk
Index PT-vergonha · vergonha · Portuguese
vergonha · rank #1,692 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,692
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH visitar
Nearest frequency peer: visitar (+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 “vergonha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- promoção
promoção
98,314 corpus weight
- vergonha
vergonha
98,309 corpus weight
- visitar
visitar
98,308 corpus weight
- aberta
aberta
98,307 corpus weight
- aceitar
aceitar
98,306 corpus weight
- alegria
alegria
98,305 corpus weight
What this shows “vergonha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vergonha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [veɾ.ˈgo.ɲa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “vergonha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around vergonha (IPA [veɾ.ˈgo.ɲa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,692 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vergonha, with forms such as "evrgonha", "vegronha", and "verggonha". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is vergonha, spelled V-E-R-G-O-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1confusão que se apodera do nosso espírito pelo receio de desonra
- 2pejo; desonra; opróbio
- 3rubor nas faces
- 4timidez
- 5acanhamento
- 6ato indecoroso
- 7coisa mal feita; coisa mal acabada
- 8orgão sexual
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergonha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não poderia mentir a respeito do passado, mas tinha um pouco de vergonha daquilo que fui e da minha família, enfim.
Para virologista, morte por dengue é vergonha.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrgonha
- vegronha
- verggonha
- vergnoha
- vergohna
- vergonah
- vergonhha
- vergonnha
- verognha
- verrgonha
- vregonha
- vvergonha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vergonha - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "vergonha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).