envergar

/ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ/

//ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

The verdict

“envergar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,177 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,177
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vergar, curvar

Corpus desk

Index PT-envergar · envergar · Portuguese

envergar · rank #88,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,177
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH enviesado

Nearest frequency peer: enviesado (+1 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 “envergar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for envergar
PropertyValue
Headwordenvergar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,177
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “envergar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.envergarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “enviesado” (#88,178), “entusiástico” (#88,175), “escaldar” (#88,184). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “envergar” fica em #88,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

envergar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,177 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for envergar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is envergar, spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    vergar, curvar
  2. 2
    vestir

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 "envergar"?
"envergar" is spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "envergar" mean?
As a verb, "envergar" means: vergar, curvar
How do you pronounce "envergar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envergar" is /ẽ.vɨɾ.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envergar" come from?
"envergar" 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 "envergar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list