cremar
/kɾɨ.ˈmaɾ/
The verdict
“cremar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - queimar um cadáver, reduzindo a cinzas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cremar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɾɨ.ˈmaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cremar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cremar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kɾɨ.ˈmaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "queimar um cadáver, reduzindo a cinzas".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cremar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cremar, spelled C-R-E-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1queimar um cadáver, reduzindo a cinzas
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.
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Using “cremar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-E-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɾɨ.ˈmaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.