verruga

//vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,232

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

verruga is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pequena elevação na pele Pronounced /vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ/. Often confused with verga and verdura.

Key facts for verruga
PropertyValue
Headwordverruga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,232
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verruga in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for verruga is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,232 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pequena elevação na pele".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for verruga, with forms such as "evrruga", "verrgua", and "verruag". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "verga", "verdura", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is verruga, spelled V-E-R-R-U-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequena elevação na pele

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrruga,verrgua,verruag,verrugga,veruga,verurga,vreruga,vverruga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verruga

Misspelling Variants of "verruga"

evrruga7verrgua7verruag7verrugga8veruga6verurga7vreruga7vverruga8
Misspelling Variants of "verruga"

Frequency rank: #49,232 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verruga"?
"verruga" is spelled V-E-R-R-U-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ/.
What does "verruga" mean?
As a noun, "verruga" means: pequena elevação na pele
What words are commonly confused with "verruga"?
"verruga" is commonly confused with "verga", "verdura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verruga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verruga" is /vɨ.ˈRu.ɡɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verruga" come from?
"verruga" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.