catequizar
The verdict
“catequizar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,582 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,582
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ensinar a doutrina do catolicismo
Corpus desk
Index PT-catequizar · catequizar · Portuguese
catequizar · rank #93,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,582
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carreto
Nearest frequency peer: carreto (-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 “catequizar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- canaleta
canaleta
6,434 corpus weight
- carreto
carreto
6,422 corpus weight
- catequizar
catequizar
6,419 corpus weight
- chalana
chalana
6,409 corpus weight
- charanga
charanga
6,405 corpus weight
- charlot
charlot
6,404 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “catequizar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catequizar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “catequizar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
catequizar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,582 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for catequizar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is catequizar, spelled C-A-T-E-Q-U-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1ensinar a doutrina do catolicismo
- 2converter à força ao catolicismo
- 3impor sua opinião ou tentar convencer de forma exagerada ou insistente
- 4instruir alguém em alguma religião
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catequizar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No começo do 1500 tivemos os primeiros indígenas catequizados no Brasil.
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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