ceifar

verb

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The verdict

“ceifar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,306 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,306
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cortar

Key facts for ceifar
PropertyValue
Headwordceifar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,306
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ceifar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ceifar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ceifar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,306 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for ceifar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ceifar, spelled C-E-I-F-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    cortar
  2. 2
    segar
  3. 3
    tirar

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 "ceifar"?
"ceifar" is spelled C-E-I-F-A-R.
What does "ceifar" mean?
As a verb, "ceifar" means: cortar
What language does "ceifar" come from?
"ceifar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “ceifar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-I-F-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list