adstringir
\ɐdʃtrĩˈʒir\
The verdict
“adstringir” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apertar
Corpus desk
Index PT-adstringir · adstringir · Portuguese
adstringir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adstringir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɐdʃtrĩˈʒir\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “adstringir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
adstringir is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɐdʃtrĩˈʒir\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for adstringir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is adstringir, spelled A-D-S-T-R-I-N-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1apertar
- 2unir
- 3limitar-se, restringir-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adstringir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adstringia-se a cumprir os regulamentos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.