vulgo

adv

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

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.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vulgo vs vulto
80% similar
vulgo vs vulva
60% similar
vulgo vs vago
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vulgo
PropertyValue
Headwordvulgo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,753
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vulgo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).vulgocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “wedding” (#20,754), “vous” (#20,751), “veado” (#20,749). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vulgo” fica em #20,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    vulgarmente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vulgo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

uvlgo2vlugo2vuglo2vulggo1vullgo1vulog2vvulgo1
Edit distance from "vulgo"

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 "vulgo"?
"vulgo" is spelled V-U-L-G-O.
What does "vulgo" mean?
As an adverb, "vulgo" means: vulgarmente
What words are commonly confused with "vulgo"?
"vulgo" is commonly confused with "vulto", "vulva", "vago". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "vulgo" come from?
"vulgo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list