carimbar
The verdict
“carimbar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,388 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,388
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marcar com carimbo
Corpus desk
Index PT-carimbar · carimbar · Portuguese
carimbar · rank #58,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caucasiano
Nearest frequency peer: caucasiano (+3 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 “carimbar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- butcher
butcher
41,622 corpus weight
- carimbar
carimbar
41,613 corpus weight
- caucasiano
caucasiano
41,610 corpus weight
- cercanias
cercanias
41,607 corpus weight
- charneca
charneca
41,603 corpus weight
- cimentar
cimentar
41,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carimbar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carimbar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carimbar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carimbar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,388 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for carimbar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is carimbar, spelled C-A-R-I-M-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1marcar com carimbo
- 2sujar:
- 3marcar o pescado para que, ao fim da pescaria, seja possível saber quem pescou
- 4marcar, assinalar
- 5atingir violentamente com a bola algo ou alguém
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carimbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Joãzinho carimbou a camiseta com tinta.
Carimbou o rosto dos espectadores com seu desdém.
Synonyms
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).