alucinar

/ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/

//ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ// verb

The verdict

“alucinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,024 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,024
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - privar da razão

Corpus desk

Index PT-alucinar · alucinar · Portuguese

alucinar · rank #87,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,024
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alienista

Nearest frequency peer: alienista (-4 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 “alucinar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alucinar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alucinar
PropertyValue
Headwordalucinar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “alucinar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).alucinarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “alienista” (#87,020), “amorfo” (#87,031), “andrógino” (#87,034). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alucinar” fica em #87,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alucinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,024 among 1,900 “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

  1. 1
    privar da razão
  2. 2
    desvairar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alucinar"?
"alucinar" is spelled A-L-U-C-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "alucinar" mean?
As a verb, "alucinar" means: privar da razão
How do you pronounce "alucinar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alucinar" is /ɐ.lu.si.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alucinar" come from?
"alucinar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alucinar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list