atrofiar
/ɐ.tɾu.ˈfjaɾ/
The verdict
“atrofiar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,699 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,699
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar atrofia a
Corpus desk
Index PT-atrofiar · atrofiar · Portuguese
atrofiar · rank #90,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,699
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apascentar
Nearest frequency peer: apascentar (-20 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 “atrofiar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- amistad
amistad
9,338 corpus weight
- ampere
ampere
9,336 corpus weight
- apascentar
apascentar
9,322 corpus weight
- atrofiar
atrofiar
9,302 corpus weight
- bleed
bleed
9,261 corpus weight
- bolsonarismo
bolsonarismo
9,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “atrofiar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atrofiar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.tɾu.ˈfjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “atrofiar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
atrofiar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,699 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.tɾu.ˈfjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for atrofiar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is atrofiar, spelled A-T-R-O-F-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1causar atrofia a
- 2enfraquecer
This word in other languages
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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