cerzir
/sɨɾ.ˈziɾ/
The verdict
“cerzir” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coser, remendar (um tecido), de modo que não se note o conserto
Corpus desk
Index PT-cerzir · cerzir · Portuguese
cerzir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerzir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɨɾ.ˈziɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cerzir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cerzir is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /sɨɾ.ˈziɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cerzir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cerzir, spelled C-E-R-Z-I-R.
Definition
- 1coser, remendar (um tecido), de modo que não se note o conserto
- 2unir, juntar
- 3entressachar, intercalar
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.