fisgar
/fiʒ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“fisgar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,541 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,541
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - olhar pela fisga, espiar, perceber o oculto
Corpus desk
Index PT-fisgar · fisgar · Portuguese
fisgar · rank #63,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,541
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH filete
Nearest frequency peer: filete (-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 “fisgar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estria
estria
36,476 corpus weight
- experienciar
experienciar
36,472 corpus weight
- filete
filete
36,463 corpus weight
- fisgar
fisgar
36,460 corpus weight
- formosura
formosura
36,453 corpus weight
- francófono
francófono
36,447 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fisgar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fisgar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fiʒ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fisgar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fisgar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,541 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fiʒ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fisgar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fisgar, spelled F-I-S-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1olhar pela fisga, espiar, perceber o oculto
- 2utilizar fisga, arpão, para pescar
- 3sentir uma dor aguda
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fisgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meu músculo da perna fisgou agora.
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.
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