borbulhar

/buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/

//buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ// verb

The verdict

“borbulhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,873 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,873
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-borbulhar · borbulhar · Portuguese

borbulhar · rank #81,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,873
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bizâncio

Nearest frequency peer: Bizâncio (-8 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 “borbulhar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for borbulhar
PropertyValue
Headwordborbulhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “borbulhar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).borbulharcai 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: “Bizâncio” (#81,865), “cachalote” (#81,888), “baralhar” (#81,854). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “borbulhar” fica em #81,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

borbulhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,873 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for borbulhar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is borbulhar, spelled B-O-R-B-U-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    borbotar
  2. 2
    sair em borbulhas, em bolhas
  3. 3
    cobrir-se de borbulhas
  4. 4
    formar cachão, fervendo
  5. 5
    sair em magotes, com ímpeto

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 "borbulhar"?
"borbulhar" is spelled B-O-R-B-U-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "borbulhar" mean?
As a verb, "borbulhar" means: borbotar
How do you pronounce "borbulhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borbulhar" is /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list