vulgo
The verdict
“vulgo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,753
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vulgarmente
Corpus desk
Index PT-vulgo · vulgo · Portuguese
vulgo · rank #20,753 · 7 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,753
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH wedding
Nearest frequency peer: wedding (+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 “vulgo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- usufruir
usufruir
79,256 corpus weight
- veado
veado
79,252 corpus weight
- vous
vous
79,250 corpus weight
- vulgo
vulgo
79,248 corpus weight
- wedding
wedding
79,247 corpus weight
- abstrato
abstrato
79,238 corpus weight
What this shows “vulgo” 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 | vulgo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “vulgo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around vulgo, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #20,753 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vulgarmente".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vulgo, with forms such as "uvlgo", "vlugo", and "vuglo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "vulto", "vulva", "vago", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is vulgo, spelled V-U-L-G-O.
Definition
- 1vulgarmente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vulgo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neste diálogo Genival Inácio da Silva, vulgo Vavá, esclarece ao primo de terceiro grau o que pretendeu dizer no diálogo que teve com Nilton César Servo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uvlgo
- vlugo
- vuglo
- vulggo
- vullgo
- vulog
- vvulgo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vulgo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "vulgo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).