fecundar

verb

The verdict

“fecundar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,103 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,103
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fertilizar, tornar-se fértil

Corpus desk

Index PT-fecundar · fecundar · Portuguese

fecundar · rank #89,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,103
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fascinar

Nearest frequency peer: fascinar (-4 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 “fecundar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fecundar
PropertyValue
Headwordfecundar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fecundar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fecundarcai 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: “fascinar” (#89,099), “farkas” (#89,097), “florete” (#89,113). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fecundar” fica em #89,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fecundar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,103 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fecundar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fecundar, spelled F-E-C-U-N-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fertilizar, tornar-se fértil
  2. 2
    engravidar
  3. 3
    fomentar, proporcionar desenvolvimento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fecundar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fecundar a terra.

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 "fecundar"?
"fecundar" is spelled F-E-C-U-N-D-A-R.
What does "fecundar" mean?
As a verb, "fecundar" means: fertilizar, tornar-se fértil
What language does "fecundar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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