corroer
/ku.ˈRweɾ/
The verdict
“corroer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,053 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,053
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - consumir pouco a pouco
Corpus desk
Index PT-corroer · corroer · Portuguese
corroer · rank #52,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,053
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cooperativismo
Nearest frequency peer: cooperativismo (-3 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 “corroer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cinemática
cinemática
47,973 corpus weight
- clarividênc…
clarividência
47,972 corpus weight
- coeso
coeso
47,967 corpus weight
- consistir
consistir
47,957 corpus weight
- cooperativi…
cooperativismo
47,951 corpus weight
- corroer
corroer
47,948 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “corroer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corroer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ku.ˈRweɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “corroer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
corroer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,053 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ku.ˈRweɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for corroer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is corroer, spelled C-O-R-R-O-E-R.
Definition
- 1consumir pouco a pouco
- 2carcomer
- 3destruir
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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