conseguir
The verdict
“conseguir” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #668 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #668
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - obter
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conseguir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conseguir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for conseguir is 9 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #668 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for conseguir, with forms such as "cconseguir", "cnoseguir", and "conesguir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "construir", "consentir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is conseguir, spelled C-O-N-S-E-G-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1obter
- 2ter obtido êxito em
- 3obter êxito ao fazer algo
- 4sobreviver, sair vivo de um evento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconseguir,cnoseguir,conesguir,connseguir,consegguir,consegiur,conseguirr,conseguri,conseugir,consgeuir,consseguir,cosneguir,ocnseguir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conseguir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “conseguir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-S-E-G-U-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “construir” - see the side-by-side comparison. conseguir vs construir
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
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.