fertilizar

/fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ/

//fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ// verb

The verdict

“fertilizar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,968 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,968
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-fertilizar · fertilizar · Portuguese

fertilizar · rank #73,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,968
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fisiologista

Nearest frequency peer: fisiologista (+3 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 “fertilizar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fertilizar
PropertyValue
Headwordfertilizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fertilizar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fertilizarcai 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: “fisiologista” (#73,971), “faringite” (#73,962), “formosas” (#73,976). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fertilizar” fica em #73,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fertilizar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,968 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fertilizar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fertilizar, spelled F-E-R-T-I-L-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar fértil
  2. 2
    fecundar

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 "fertilizar"?
"fertilizar" is spelled F-E-R-T-I-L-I-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "fertilizar" mean?
As a verb, "fertilizar" means: tornar fértil
How do you pronounce "fertilizar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fertilizar" is /fɨɾ.tɨ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fertilizar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list