estufar
The verdict
“estufar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,690 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,690
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar em estufa
Corpus desk
Index PT-estufar · estufar · Portuguese
estufar · rank #96,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH estat
Nearest frequency peer: estat (-5 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 “estufar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- entrevero
entrevero
3,331 corpus weight
- enxadrista
enxadrista
3,330 corpus weight
- esburacado
esburacado
3,323 corpus weight
- especificad…
especificadamente
3,318 corpus weight
- estat
estat
3,316 corpus weight
- estufar
estufar
3,311 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estufar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estufar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estufar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estufar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,690 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
estufar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 estufar, spelled E-S-T-U-F-A-R.
Definition
- 1colocar em estufa
- 2encher, inchar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estufar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A escassez de jovens talentos com a sagacidade de estufar as redes não é um fenômeno que tenha surgido por acaso.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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