customizar

verb

The verdict

“customizar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #62,760 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#62,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alterar algo para que melhor se adeque aos requisitos de alguém; personalizar

Key facts for customizar
PropertyValue
Headwordcustomizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “customizar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). customizar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for customizar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #62,760 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "alterar algo para que melhor se adeque aos requisitos de alguém; personalizar".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for customizar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 customizar, spelled C-U-S-T-O-M-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    alterar algo para que melhor se adeque aos requisitos de alguém; personalizar

Synonyms

costumizar

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 "customizar"?
"customizar" is spelled C-U-S-T-O-M-I-Z-A-R.
What does "customizar" mean?
As a verb, "customizar" means: alterar algo para que melhor se adeque aos requisitos de alguém; personalizar
What language does "customizar" come from?
"customizar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “customizar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-U-S-T-O-M-I-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list