enfeitiçar

/ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ/

//ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“enfeitiçar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,275 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,275
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sujeitar à ação de feitiço

Corpus desk

Index PT-enfeiticar · enfeitiçar · Portuguese

enfeitiçar · rank #87,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,275
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH escumalha

Nearest frequency peer: escumalha (+18 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 “enfeitiçar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enfeitiçar
PropertyValue
Headwordenfeitiçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “enfeitiçar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).enfeitiçarcai 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: “escumalha” (#87,293), “eclíptica” (#87,256), “esmorecer” (#87,297). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “enfeitiçar” fica em #87,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enfeitiçar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,275 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enfeitiçar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is enfeitiçar, spelled E-N-F-E-I-T-I-Ç-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    sujeitar à ação de feitiço
  2. 2
    fazer mal a, por meio de artes diabólicas
  3. 3
    deixar-se vencer pelo feitiço; deixar-se cativar

Synonyms

arrebatarencantarembruxarfascinarmaravilharseduzir

This word in other languages

bewitch(English)hechizar(Español)ensorceler(Français)

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 "enfeitiçar"?
"enfeitiçar" is spelled E-N-F-E-I-T-I-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "enfeitiçar" mean?
As a verb, "enfeitiçar" means: sujeitar à ação de feitiço
How do you pronounce "enfeitiçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfeitiçar" is /ẽ.fɐj.ti.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dignificar#87,241exoplaneta#87,313hostilizar#87,396sementeira#86,861

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list