fascinar

/fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ/

//fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ// verb

The verdict

“fascinar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,099 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,099
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dominar por encantamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-fascinar · fascinar · Portuguese

fascinar · rank #89,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,099
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH farkas

Nearest frequency peer: farkas (-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 “fascinar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fascinar
PropertyValue
Headwordfascinar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,099
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fascinar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fascinarcai 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: “farkas” (#89,097), “fecundar” (#89,103), “exacerbar” (#89,087). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fascinar” fica em #89,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fascinar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,099 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fascinar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fascinar, spelled F-A-S-C-I-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dominar por encantamento
  2. 2
    deslumbrar

Synonyms

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 "fascinar"?
"fascinar" is spelled F-A-S-C-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "fascinar" mean?
As a verb, "fascinar" means: dominar por encantamento
How do you pronounce "fascinar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fascinar" is /fɐʃ.si.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fascinar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fascinar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list