convulsionar
/kõ.vuɫ.sju.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“convulsionar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - provocar agitações, excitar à revolução
Corpus desk
Index PT-convulsionar · convulsionar · Portuguese
convulsionar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | convulsionar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.vuɫ.sju.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “convulsionar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
convulsionar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kõ.vuɫ.sju.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "provocar agitações, excitar à revolução".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for convulsionar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is convulsionar, spelled C-O-N-V-U-L-S-I-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1provocar agitações, excitar à revolução
This word in other languages
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.