congratular
/kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“congratular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,543 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,543
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - apresentar congratulações; agradecer, felicitar, parabenizar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congratular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congratular” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
congratular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,543 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for congratular in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is congratular, spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1apresentar congratulações; agradecer, felicitar, parabenizar
- 2regozijar-se, ficar contente, rejubilar
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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Using “congratular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.