amedrontar
/ɐ.mɨ.dɾõ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“amedrontar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,730 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,730
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar medo ou temor a, deixar com medo;
Corpus desk
Index PT-amedrontar · amedrontar · Portuguese
amedrontar · rank #57,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,730
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ambrosia
Nearest frequency peer: ambrosia (-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 “amedrontar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- abolido
abolido
42,305 corpus weight
- ambrosia
ambrosia
42,273 corpus weight
- amedrontar
amedrontar
42,271 corpus weight
- armamentista
armamentista
42,260 corpus weight
- arpão
arpão
42,258 corpus weight
- autenticar
autenticar
42,244 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amedrontar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amedrontar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.mɨ.dɾõ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amedrontar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amedrontar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,730 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.mɨ.dɾõ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
amedrontar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is amedrontar, spelled A-M-E-D-R-O-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1causar medo ou temor a, deixar com medo;
- 2apanhar susto, ter temor, medo;
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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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