atinar
/ɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“atinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,938
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - executar com tino
Corpus desk
Index PT-atinar · atinar · Portuguese
atinar · rank #87,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,938
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Atem
Nearest frequency peer: Atem (-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 “atinar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- arregimentar
arregimentar
12,075 corpus weight
- arrimo
arrimo
12,072 corpus weight
- Asphalt
Asphalt
12,068 corpus weight
- Atem
Atem
12,065 corpus weight
- atinar
atinar
12,063 corpus weight
- auta
auta
12,057 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “atinar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “atinar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
atinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for atinar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is atinar, spelled A-T-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1executar com tino
- 2acertar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how atinar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não havia meio de eu atinar com o sentido de tudo aquilo. Estava no ar e me parecia ao mesmo tempo estar entre doidos.
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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