alucinar
/ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“alucinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,024 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,024
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - privar da razão
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alucinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alucinar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alucinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,024 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alucinar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is alucinar, spelled A-L-U-C-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1privar da razão
- 2desvairar
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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Using “alucinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-U-C-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.