estufar

verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estufar
PropertyValue
Headwordestufar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,690
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estufar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).estufarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estat” (#96,685), “especificadamente” (#96,683), “esburacado” (#96,678). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estufar” fica em #96,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    colocar em estufa
  2. 2
    encher, inchar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how estufar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estufar"?
"estufar" is spelled E-S-T-U-F-A-R.
What does "estufar" mean?
As a verb, "estufar" means: colocar em estufa
What language does "estufar" come from?
"estufar" 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 "estufar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list