ambientar
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
- vítreo
vítreo
32,810 corpus weight
- widow
widow
32,807 corpus weight
- afortunado
afortunado
32,787 corpus weight
- alheira
alheira
32,778 corpus weight
- ambientar
ambientar
32,772 corpus weight
- assiduamente
assiduamente
32,748 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ambientar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambientar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ambientar” em português
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
- 1adaptar(-se) a um determinado ambiente
- 2passar-se em (determinado ambiente)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambientar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
É um animal que se ambienta melhor em climas frios.
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.
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