esmorecer
/iʒ.mu.ɾɨ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“esmorecer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,297 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,297
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desanimar
Corpus desk
Index PT-esmorecer · esmorecer · Portuguese
esmorecer · rank #87,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,297
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH escumalha
Nearest frequency peer: escumalha (-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 “esmorecer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- eclíptica
eclíptica
12,745 corpus weight
- enfeitiçar
enfeitiçar
12,726 corpus weight
- escumalha
escumalha
12,708 corpus weight
- esmorecer
esmorecer
12,704 corpus weight
- exoplaneta
exoplaneta
12,688 corpus weight
- fisga
fisga
12,671 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esmorecer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esmorecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʒ.mu.ɾɨ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esmorecer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esmorecer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,297 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /iʒ.mu.ɾɨ.ˈseɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
esmorecer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is esmorecer, spelled E-S-M-O-R-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1desanimar
- 2desalentar
- 3enfraquecer
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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