festejar

verb

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The verdict

“festejar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,940
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer festa em honra de

Corpus desk

Index PT-festejar · festejar · Portuguese

festejar · rank #13,940 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,940
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fragilidade

Nearest frequency peer: fragilidade (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “festejar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “festejar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

festejar vs festejo
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for festejar
PropertyValue
Headwordfestejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,940
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “festejar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).festejarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fragilidade” (#13,943), “francamente” (#13,944), “gerência” (#13,946). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “festejar” fica em #13,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around festejar, averb. Corpus frequency is #13,940 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for festejar, with forms such as "efstejar", "fesetjar", and "fesstejar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "festejo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is festejar, spelled F-E-S-T-E-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer festa em honra de
  2. 2
    aplaudir
  3. 3
    fazer festas a
  4. 4
    saudar
  5. 5
    acariciar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. festejar uma vitória
  2. festejar um ator

Synonyms

celebrar

This word in other languages

celebrate(English)fêter(Français)feiern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efstejar
  • fesetjar
  • fesstejar
  • festeajr
  • festejarr
  • festejjar
  • festejra
  • festjear
  • festtejar
  • fetsejar
  • ffestejar
  • fsetejar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of festejar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efstejar2fesetjar2fesstejar1festeajr2festejarr1festejjar1festejra2festjear2
Edit distance from "festejar"

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 "festejar"?
"festejar" is spelled F-E-S-T-E-J-A-R.
What does "festejar" mean?
As a verb, "festejar" means: fazer festa em honra de
What words are commonly confused with "festejar"?
"festejar" is commonly confused with "festejo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "festejar" come from?
"festejar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gerência#13,946marcador#13,971arterial#13,883amarrado#13,877

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

afinidade12 variantsAmsterdã12 variantsbalneário12 variantsdistinto12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list