cifrar
/si.ˈfɾaɾ/
The verdict
“cifrar” 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) - substituir os sinais representantes de uma informação de forma a torná-la ininteligível para outrem;
Corpus desk
Index PT-cifrar · cifrar · Portuguese
cifrar · 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 | cifrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /si.ˈfɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cifrar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cifrar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /si.ˈfɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cifrar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cifrar, spelled C-I-F-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1substituir os sinais representantes de uma informação de forma a torná-la ininteligível para outrem;
- 2calcular, contar.
- 3escrever cifras, incluir cifras, converter em cifras, traduzir para cifras, transcrever cifras, ou reduzir a cifras
Antonyms
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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.