fragmentar

/fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/

//fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“fragmentar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,978 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,978
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - quebrar em fragmentos

Key facts for fragmentar
PropertyValue
Headwordfragmentar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,978
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fragmentar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fragmentar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fragmentar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,978 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "quebrar em fragmentos".

Zero misspellings are on record for fragmentar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is fragmentar, spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    quebrar em fragmentos

Antonyms

desfragmentar

This word in other languages

fragment(English)fragmentar(Español)fragmenter(Français)

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 "fragmentar"?
"fragmentar" is spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "fragmentar" mean?
As a verb, "fragmentar" means: quebrar em fragmentos
How do you pronounce "fragmentar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fragmentar" is /fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fragmentar" come from?
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Using “fragmentar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /fɾaɡ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list