confinar
/kõ.fi.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“confinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,711 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,711
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - limitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-confinar · confinar · Portuguese
confinar · rank #68,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,711
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH consider
Nearest frequency peer: consider (+2 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 “confinar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cercear
cercear
31,314 corpus weight
- clivagem
clivagem
31,304 corpus weight
- confinar
confinar
31,290 corpus weight
- consider
consider
31,288 corpus weight
- corpóreo
corpóreo
31,277 corpus weight
- cânfora
cânfora
31,268 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “confinar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.fi.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “confinar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
confinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,711 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kõ.fi.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for confinar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 confinar, spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1limitar
- 2circunscrever
- 3trancar, trancafiar, prender
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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