vulgo

adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,753

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

vulgo is anPortugueseadv. It means: vulgarmente Often confused with vulto and vulva.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for vulgo is 5 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #20,753 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vulgarmente".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for vulgo, with forms such as "uvlgo", "vlugo", and "vuglo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "vulto", "vulva", "vago", and more, 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 vulgo, spelled V-U-L-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vulgarmente

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uvlgo,vlugo,vuglo,vulggo,vullgo,vulog,vvulgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vulgo

Misspelling Variants of "vulgo"

uvlgo5vlugo5vuglo5vulggo6vullgo6vulog5vvulgo6
Misspelling Variants of "vulgo"

Frequency rank: #20,753 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vulgo"?
"vulgo" is spelled V-U-L-G-O.
What does "vulgo" mean?
As an adv, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Portuguese index:

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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.