felicitar

/fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/

//fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“felicitar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,082 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#51,082
frequency rank, Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - agradecer, congratular, parabenizar

Key facts for felicitar
PropertyValue
Headwordfelicitar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,082
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “felicitar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). felicitar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for felicitar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,082 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "agradecer, congratular, parabenizar".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for felicitar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is felicitar, spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    agradecer, congratular, parabenizar

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 "felicitar"?
"felicitar" is spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "felicitar" mean?
As a verb, "felicitar" means: agradecer, congratular, parabenizar
How do you pronounce "felicitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "felicitar" is /fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "felicitar" come from?
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Using “felicitar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /fɨ.lɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list