aflorar
/ɐ.flu.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“aflorar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,316 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,316
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nivelar uma superfície com outra
Corpus desk
Index PT-aflorar · aflorar · Portuguese
aflorar · rank #69,316 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,316
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Almodôvar
Nearest frequency peer: Almodôvar (+6 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 “aflorar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- viticultura
viticultura
30,710 corpus weight
- ablação
ablação
30,696 corpus weight
- aflorar
aflorar
30,685 corpus weight
- Almodôvar
Almodôvar
30,679 corpus weight
- antissemita
antissemita
30,668 corpus weight
- ardência
ardência
30,658 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “aflorar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aflorar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.flu.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “aflorar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
aflorar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,316 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.flu.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aflorar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is aflorar, spelled A-F-L-O-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1nivelar uma superfície com outra
- 2trazer à superfície
This word in other languages
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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