doutrinar

verb

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The verdict

“doutrinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,493 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,493
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instruir em uma doutrina (religiosa, política, social etc.)

Corpus desk

Index PT-doutrinar · doutrinar · Portuguese

doutrinar · rank #75,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,493
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH drip

Nearest frequency peer: drip (+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 “doutrinar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “doutrinar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for doutrinar
PropertyValue
Headworddoutrinar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,493
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “doutrinar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).doutrinarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “drip” (#75,496), “dummy” (#75,498), “deutério” (#75,485). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “doutrinar” fica em #75,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doutrinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,493 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for doutrinar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is doutrinar, spelled D-O-U-T-R-I-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    instruir em uma doutrina (religiosa, política, social etc.)
  2. 2
    passar ensinamentos formais
  3. 3
    ensinar, instruir
  4. 4
    fazer divulgação de uma doutrina, dos preceitos de uma ideia
  5. 5
    instruir alguém religiosamente; catequizar
  6. 6
    ensinar ou passar aos demais a doutrina cristã

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doutrinar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Doutrinar os países da América.
  2. Jesus Cristo doutrinava.

Synonyms

adestrareducarensinarexplicarformarinstruirlecionar

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 "doutrinar"?
"doutrinar" is spelled D-O-U-T-R-I-N-A-R.
What does "doutrinar" mean?
As a verb, "doutrinar" means: instruir em uma doutrina (religiosa, política, social etc.)
What language does "doutrinar" come from?
"doutrinar" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doutrinar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

desconexo#75,465cortisona#75,440condensar#75,422laringite#75,666

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list