alarmar
/ɐ.lɐɾ.ˈmaɾ/
The verdict
“alarmar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,538 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,538
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - assustar
Corpus desk
Index PT-alarmar · alarmar · Portuguese
alarmar · rank #52,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,538
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aficionado
Nearest frequency peer: aficionado (-2 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 “alarmar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acrescento
acrescento
47,474 corpus weight
- acrobacia
acrobacia
47,473 corpus weight
- acácia
acácia
47,472 corpus weight
- afetuoso
afetuoso
47,466 corpus weight
- aficionado
aficionado
47,465 corpus weight
- alarmar
alarmar
47,463 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alarmar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alarmar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.lɐɾ.ˈmaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alarmar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alarmar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,538 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.lɐɾ.ˈmaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alarmar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is alarmar, spelled A-L-A-R-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1assustar
- 2alvoroçar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alarmar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O delegado explicou que não deu publicidade ao caso porque sua missão é investigar crimes, não alarmar a população.
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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