farejar

/fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/

//fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ// verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for farejar
PropertyValue
Headwordfarejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,951
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “farejar” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “farrear” (#77,953), “expressionista” (#77,944), “estupefacto” (#77,938). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “farejar” fica em #77,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    utilizar o olfato, o faro, na caça o cão

Synonyms

afarar

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 "farejar"?
"farejar" is spelled F-A-R-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "farejar" mean?
As a verb, "farejar" means: utilizar o olfato, o faro, na caça o cão
How do you pronounce "farejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "farejar" is /fɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "farejar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "farejar", 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