amaldiçoar
The verdict
“amaldiçoar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,531 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,531
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lançar maldição; praguejar contra; maldizer:
Corpus desk
Index PT-amaldicoar · amaldiçoar · Portuguese
amaldiçoar · rank #59,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,531
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amparar
Nearest frequency peer: amparar (+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 “amaldiçoar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acumulador
acumulador
40,483 corpus weight
- aglutinação
aglutinação
40,480 corpus weight
- alambique
alambique
40,478 corpus weight
- amaldiçoar
amaldiçoar
40,470 corpus weight
- amparar
amparar
40,468 corpus weight
- apavorar
apavorar
40,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amaldiçoar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amaldiçoar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amaldiçoar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amaldiçoar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,531 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for amaldiçoar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is amaldiçoar, spelled A-M-A-L-D-I-Ç-O-A-R.
Definition
- 1lançar maldição; praguejar contra; maldizer:
- 2expressar ódio ou raiva; execrar:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amaldiçoar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A velha todos os dias amaldiçoava o filho trânsfuga.
"Não me amaldiçoes; por piedade, ouve-me primeiro."
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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