farejar
/fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“farejar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,951 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,951
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utilizar o olfato, o faro, na caça o cão
Corpus desk
Index PT-farejar · farejar · Portuguese
farejar · rank #77,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,951
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH farrear
Nearest frequency peer: farrear (+2 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 “farejar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estupefacto
estupefacto
22,063 corpus weight
- expressioni…
expressionista
22,057 corpus weight
- farejar
farejar
22,050 corpus weight
- farrear
farrear
22,048 corpus weight
- fiapo
fiapo
22,037 corpus weight
- fogoso
fogoso
22,026 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “farejar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “farejar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
farejar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,951 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "utilizar o olfato, o faro, na caça o cão".
Zero misspellings are on record for farejar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is farejar, spelled F-A-R-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1utilizar o olfato, o faro, na caça o cão
Synonyms
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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