fermentar

/fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/

//fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“fermentar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,202 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,202
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - provocar fermentação em

Corpus desk

Index PT-fermentar · fermentar · Portuguese

fermentar · rank #66,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,202
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fema

Nearest frequency peer: fema (-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 “fermentar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fermentar
PropertyValue
Headwordfermentar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fermentar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fermentarcai 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: “fema” (#66,200), “fasquia” (#66,195), “fornada” (#66,210). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fermentar” fica em #66,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fermentar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,202 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "provocar fermentação em".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fermentar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 fermentar, spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    provocar fermentação em

Synonyms

afermentarlevedar

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 "fermentar"?
"fermentar" is spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "fermentar" mean?
As a verb, "fermentar" means: provocar fermentação em
How do you pronounce "fermentar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fermentar" is /fɨɾ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list