estufar

verb

The verdict

“estufar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,690 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,690
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - colocar em estufa

Key facts for estufar
PropertyValue
Headwordestufar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,690
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estufar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). estufar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estufar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,690 among 2,493 “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

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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Using “estufar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-U-F-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list