encarnar
/ẽ.kɐɾ.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“encarnar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,519 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,519
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar a cor da carne, avermelhar
Corpus desk
Index PT-encarnar · encarnar · Portuguese
encarnar · rank #55,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,519
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH elipse
Nearest frequency peer: elipse (-4 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 “encarnar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Durst
Durst
44,495 corpus weight
- Eduard
Eduard
44,489 corpus weight
- elipse
elipse
44,486 corpus weight
- encarnar
encarnar
44,482 corpus weight
- epitáfio
epitáfio
44,477 corpus weight
- esfíncter
esfíncter
44,471 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “encarnar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encarnar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.kɐɾ.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “encarnar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
encarnar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,519 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.kɐɾ.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for encarnar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is encarnar, spelled E-N-C-A-R-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar a cor da carne, avermelhar
- 2representar um personagem, papel
- 3ser a personificação de algo
- 4fazer-se homem, humanar-se
- 5nascer, reencarnar
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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