baratear

verb

The verdict

“baratear” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,668 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,668
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - baixar o preço de algo, tornar mais barato.

Corpus desk

Index PT-baratear · baratear · Portuguese

baratear · rank #82,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,668
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bedelho

Nearest frequency peer: bedelho (+5 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 “baratear”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baratear
PropertyValue
Headwordbaratear
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “baratear” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).baratearcai 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: “bedelho” (#82,673), “astronáutica” (#82,643), “breast” (#82,696). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “baratear” fica em #82,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baratear is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,668 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for baratear, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is baratear, spelled B-A-R-A-T-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    baixar o preço de algo, tornar mais barato.
  2. 2
    tornar-se mais barato.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baratear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A nova teconologia barateou a produção.
  2. Os celulares⁽ᴾᵀ⁻ᴮᴿ⁾/telemóveis⁽ᴾᵀ⁻ᴾᵀ⁾ baratearam muito nos últimos tempos.

Synonyms

abaratarembaratecerembaratecer

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baratear"?
"baratear" is spelled B-A-R-A-T-E-A-R.
What does "baratear" mean?
As a verb, "baratear" means: baixar o preço de algo, tornar mais barato.
What language does "baratear" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baratear", 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