amaciar
/ɐ.mɐ.ˈsjaɾ/
The verdict
“amaciar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,961 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,961
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar macio
Corpus desk
Index PT-amaciar · amaciar · Portuguese
amaciar · rank #63,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,961
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amarelar
Nearest frequency peer: amarelar (+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 “amaciar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- adoidado
adoidado
36,060 corpus weight
- adsorção
adsorção
36,057 corpus weight
- airplane
airplane
36,048 corpus weight
- amaciar
amaciar
36,040 corpus weight
- amarelar
amarelar
36,036 corpus weight
- amortecer
amortecer
36,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amaciar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amaciar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.mɐ.ˈsjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amaciar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amaciar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,961 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.mɐ.ˈsjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amaciar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is amaciar, spelled A-M-A-C-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar macio
- 2suavizar
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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