carimbar

verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carimbar
PropertyValue
Headwordcarimbar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,388
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “carimbar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.carimbarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “caucasiano” (#58,391), “cercanias” (#58,394), “butcher” (#58,379). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carimbar” fica em #58,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    marcar com carimbo
  2. 2
    sujar:
  3. 3
    marcar o pescado para que, ao fim da pescaria, seja possível saber quem pescou
  4. 4
    marcar, assinalar
  5. 5
    atingir violentamente com a bola algo ou alguém

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Joãzinho carimbou a camiseta com tinta.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carimbar"?
"carimbar" is spelled C-A-R-I-M-B-A-R.
What does "carimbar" mean?
As a verb, "carimbar" means: marcar com carimbo
What language does "carimbar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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