diferir
/di.fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/
The verdict
“diferir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,112 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,112
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adiar
Corpus desk
Index PT-diferir · diferir · Portuguese
diferir · rank #62,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,112
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dilatado
Nearest frequency peer: dilatado (+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 “diferir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- códice
códice
37,922 corpus weight
- diferir
diferir
37,889 corpus weight
- dilatado
dilatado
37,886 corpus weight
- dildo
dildo
37,885 corpus weight
- drawing
drawing
37,872 corpus weight
- emoldurar
emoldurar
37,855 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “diferir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diferir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /di.fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “diferir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
diferir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,112 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /di.fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for diferir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is diferir, spelled D-I-F-E-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1adiar
- 2ser diferente
- 3discordar
- 4diferenciar
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); 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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