amolar
/ɐ.mu.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“amolar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,329 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,329
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afiar na amoladeira ou no rebolo
Corpus desk
Index PT-amolar · amolar · Portuguese
amolar · rank #61,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,329
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amasso
Nearest frequency peer: amasso (-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 “amolar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alarido
alarido
38,682 corpus weight
- alvor
alvor
38,676 corpus weight
- amasso
amasso
38,674 corpus weight
- amolar
amolar
38,672 corpus weight
- arbitrar
arbitrar
38,660 corpus weight
- asse
asse
38,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amolar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amolar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.mu.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amolar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amolar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,329 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.mu.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amolar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is amolar, spelled A-M-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1afiar na amoladeira ou no rebolo
- 2importunar, maçar, enfastiar
- 3pôr dificuldades
- 4prejudicar
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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