dissimular
/di.si.mu.ˈlaχ/
The verdict
“dissimular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,418 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,418
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disfarçar, fingir
Corpus desk
Index PT-dissimular · dissimular · Portuguese
dissimular · rank #67,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,418
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH divinal
Nearest frequency peer: divinal (+2 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 “dissimular”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- desaguar
desaguar
32,601 corpus weight
- desassossego
desassossego
32,600 corpus weight
- dissimular
dissimular
32,583 corpus weight
- divinal
divinal
32,581 corpus weight
- dost
dost
32,576 corpus weight
- encabeçar
encabeçar
32,562 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dissimular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissimular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /di.si.mu.ˈlaχ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dissimular” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dissimular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,418 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /di.si.mu.ˈlaχ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dissimular in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dissimular, spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1disfarçar, fingir
- 2encobrir a verdade
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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