calafetar
/kɐ.lɐ.fɨ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“calafetar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vedar com estopa alcatroada as fendas das pipas, navios, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-calafetar · calafetar · Portuguese
calafetar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calafetar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɐ.lɐ.fɨ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “calafetar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
calafetar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kɐ.lɐ.fɨ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vedar com estopa alcatroada as fendas das pipas, navios, etc".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calafetar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is calafetar, spelled C-A-L-A-F-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1vedar com estopa alcatroada as fendas das pipas, navios, etc
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.