afrouxar
/ɐ.fɾow.ˈʃaɾ/
The verdict
“afrouxar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,721 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,721
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - retardar o movimento de
Corpus desk
Index PT-afrouxar · afrouxar · Portuguese
afrouxar · rank #60,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,721
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alcachofra
Nearest frequency peer: alcachofra (+5 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 “afrouxar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- whom
whom
39,297 corpus weight
- ínterim
ínterim
39,294 corpus weight
- afrouxar
afrouxar
39,280 corpus weight
- alcachofra
alcachofra
39,275 corpus weight
- als
als
39,271 corpus weight
- aquoso
aquoso
39,261 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “afrouxar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afrouxar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.fɾow.ˈʃaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “afrouxar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
afrouxar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,721 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.fɾow.ˈʃaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for afrouxar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is afrouxar, spelled A-F-R-O-U-X-A-R.
Definition
- 1retardar o movimento de
- 2abrandar
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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