encasquetar
/ẽ.kɐʃ.kɨ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“encasquetar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - persuadir, convencer, meter na cabeça
Corpus desk
Index PT-encasquetar · encasquetar · Portuguese
encasquetar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encasquetar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.kɐʃ.kɨ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “encasquetar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
encasquetar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.kɐʃ.kɨ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for encasquetar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.
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 encasquetar, spelled E-N-C-A-S-Q-U-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1persuadir, convencer, meter na cabeça
- 2cobrir com casquete
- 3obstinar-se, cismar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.