apelidar
/ɐ.pɨ.li.ˈdaɾ/
The verdict
“apelidar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,494 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,494
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alcunhar, dar apelido
Corpus desk
Index PT-apelidar · apelidar · Portuguese
apelidar · rank #74,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,494
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aprovisioname…
Nearest frequency peer: aprovisionamento (+4 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 “apelidar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- amicus
amicus
25,519 corpus weight
- Anguilla
Anguilla
25,514 corpus weight
- animadamente
animadamente
25,513 corpus weight
- apelidar
apelidar
25,507 corpus weight
- aprovisiona…
aprovisionamento
25,503 corpus weight
- Araci
Araci
25,500 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apelidar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apelidar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɨ.li.ˈdaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apelidar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apelidar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,494 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.pɨ.li.ˈdaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apelidar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is apelidar, spelled A-P-E-L-I-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1alcunhar, dar apelido
- 2cognominar
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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