afiar
/ɐ.ˈfjaɾ/
The verdict
“afiar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,682 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,682
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar fio a
Corpus desk
Index PT-afiar · afiar · Portuguese
afiar · rank #53,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,682
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alinho
Nearest frequency peer: alinho (+7 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “afiar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- uzi
uzi
46,357 corpus weight
- vittoria
vittoria
46,350 corpus weight
- afiar
afiar
46,319 corpus weight
- alinho
alinho
46,312 corpus weight
- amassa
amassa
46,309 corpus weight
- baías
baías
46,286 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “afiar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afiar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈfjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “afiar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
afiar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,682 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.ˈfjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afiar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is afiar, spelled A-F-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar fio a
- 2aguçar
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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