folgar
/foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“folgar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,182 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,182
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar ou tirar folga
Corpus desk
Index PT-folgar · folgar · Portuguese
folgar · rank #64,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,182
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH figa
Nearest frequency peer: figa (-6 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 “folgar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- expelido
expelido
35,834 corpus weight
- extensível
extensível
35,833 corpus weight
- feirão
feirão
35,827 corpus weight
- figa
figa
35,825 corpus weight
- folgar
folgar
35,819 corpus weight
- frutificar
frutificar
35,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “folgar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folgar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “folgar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
folgar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,182 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for folgar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 folgar, spelled F-O-L-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar ou tirar folga
- 2alargar, desapertar, aliviar
- 3divertir-se, ter prazer, jubilar-se, alegrar-se
- 4livrar
- 5descansar, ter o dia de folga
- 6tomar a liberdade autoconcedida em agir de uma forma abusada que viola, diminui ou usufrui de direito alheio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how folgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vou folgar esse domingo.
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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