aquietar

/ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ/

//ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“aquietar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,055 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,055
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apaziguar

Corpus desk

Index PT-aquietar · aquietar · Portuguese

aquietar · rank #70,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,055
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH anglais

Nearest frequency peer: anglais (-11 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 “aquietar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aquietar
PropertyValue
Headwordaquietar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,055
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aquietar” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “anglais” (#70,044), “Anarchist” (#70,041), “amedrontado” (#70,034). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aquietar” fica em #70,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aquietar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,055 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

aquietar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aquietar, spelled A-Q-U-I-E-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    apaziguar
  2. 2
    tranquilizar
  3. 3
    ficar ou pôr quieto

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 "aquietar"?
"aquietar" is spelled A-Q-U-I-E-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "aquietar" mean?
As a verb, "aquietar" means: apaziguar
How do you pronounce "aquietar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aquietar" is /ɐ.kjɛ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aquietar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aquietar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list