beware

/ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/

//ˌbəˈwɛəɹ// verb

The verdict

“beware” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,511 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,511
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - precaver-se; prestar atenção

Corpus desk

Index PT-beware · beware · Portuguese

beware · rank #94,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,511
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH ballerina

Nearest frequency peer: ballerina (-16 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 “beware”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beware
PropertyValue
Headwordbeware
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#94,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “beware” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ballerina” (#94,495), “bairrismo” (#94,492), “brejão” (#94,530). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “beware” fica em #94,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beware is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,511 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "precaver-se; prestar atenção".

Zero misspellings are on record for beware in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 beware, spelled B-E-W-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    precaver-se; prestar atenção

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 "beware"?
"beware" is spelled B-E-W-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/.
What does "beware" mean?
As a verb, "beware" means: precaver-se; prestar atenção
How do you pronounce "beware"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beware" is /ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beware" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list