ceifar

verb

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The verdict

“ceifar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,306 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,306
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar

Corpus desk

Index PT-ceifar · ceifar · Portuguese

ceifar · rank #72,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,306
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cheer

Nearest frequency peer: cheer (+8 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 “ceifar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ceifar
PropertyValue
Headwordceifar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,306
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ceifar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ceifarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “cheer” (#72,314), “cambista” (#72,294), “calvinismo” (#72,292). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “ceifar” fica em #72,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ceifar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,306 among 2,140 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ceifou-lhe a vida

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ceifar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abroad#72,196Tuvalu#72,130terias#72,110sabugo#72,052

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list