experimentar

//ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,098

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

experimentar is aPortugueseverb. It means: verificar recorrendo à experiência; ensaiar; tentar Pronounced /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. It ranks #5,098 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with experimental and experimentado.

Key facts for experimentar
PropertyValue
Headwordexperimentar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,098
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of experimentar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for experimentar is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,098 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for experimentar, with forms such as "epxerimentar", "exeprimentar", and "expeirmentar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "experimental", "experimentado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is experimentar, spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    verificar recorrendo à experiência; ensaiar; tentar
  2. 2
    pôr à prova; analisar
  3. 3
    exercitar-se

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxerimentar,exeprimentar,expeirmentar,experiemntar,experimenatr,experimenntar,experimentarr,experimentra,experimenttar,experimetnar,experimmentar,experimnetar,expermientar,experrimentar,expperimentar,expreimentar,exxperimentar,xeperimentar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for experimentar

Misspelling Variants of "experimentar"

epxerimentar12exeprimentar12expeirmentar12experiemntar12experimenatr12experimenntar13experimentarr13experimentra12
Misspelling Variants of "experimentar"

Frequency rank: #5,098 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "experimentar"?
"experimentar" is spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "experimentar" mean?
As a verb, "experimentar" means: verificar recorrendo à experiência; ensaiar; tentar
What words are commonly confused with "experimentar"?
"experimentar" is commonly confused with "experimental", "experimentado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "experimentar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "experimentar" is /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ɾi.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "experimentar" come from?
"experimentar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.