ambientar

verb

The verdict

“ambientar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,229 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,229
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adaptar(-se) a um determinado ambiente

Corpus desk

Index PT-ambientar · ambientar · Portuguese

ambientar · rank #67,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,229
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alheira

Nearest frequency peer: alheira (-6 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 “ambientar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ambientar
PropertyValue
Headwordambientar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ambientar” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “alheira” (#67,223), “afortunado” (#67,214), “assiduamente” (#67,253). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ambientar” fica em #67,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ambientar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,229 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ambientar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ambientar, spelled A-M-B-I-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    adaptar(-se) a um determinado ambiente
  2. 2
    passar-se em (determinado ambiente)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ambientar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É um animal que se ambienta melhor em climas frios.
  2. Um romance que se ambienta na Recife do século passado.

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 "ambientar"?
"ambientar" is spelled A-M-B-I-E-N-T-A-R.
What does "ambientar" mean?
As a verb, "ambientar" means: adaptar(-se) a um determinado ambiente
What language does "ambientar" come from?
"ambientar" 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 "ambientar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list