congratular

/kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/

//kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ// verb

The verdict

“congratular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,543 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,543
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apresentar congratulações; agradecer, felicitar, parabenizar

Corpus desk

Index PT-congratular · congratular · Portuguese

congratular · rank #97,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,543
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH conscienciolo…

Nearest frequency peer: conscienciologia (+1 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 “congratular”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for congratular
PropertyValue
Headwordcongratular
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#97,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “congratular” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “conscienciologia” (#97,544), “copista” (#97,551), “coerentemente” (#97,532). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “congratular” fica em #97,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

congratular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,543 among 2,140 “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

  1. 1
    apresentar congratulações; agradecer, felicitar, parabenizar
  2. 2
    regozijar-se, ficar contente, rejubilar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Austero, congratulou o réu e mandou que fosse libertado.
  2. Congratulou-se com o casamento do filho.

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 "congratular"?
"congratular" is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "congratular" mean?
As a verb, "congratular" means: apresentar congratulações; agradecer, felicitar, parabenizar
How do you pronounce "congratular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "congratular" is /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list