fundamentar

/fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/

//fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“fundamentar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,905 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,905
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar fundamento a

Corpus desk

Index PT-fundamentar · fundamentar · Portuguese

fundamentar · rank #53,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,905
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH funkeiro

Nearest frequency peer: funkeiro (+1 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 “fundamentar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fundamentar
PropertyValue
Headwordfundamentar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fundamentar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fundamentarcai 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: “funkeiro” (#53,906), “gaio” (#53,908), “Gertrudes” (#53,913). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fundamentar” fica em #53,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fundamentar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,905 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fundamentar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 fundamentar, spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar fundamento a
  2. 2
    alicerçar
  3. 3
    firmar, estabelecer, basear
  4. 4
    provar

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 "fundamentar"?
"fundamentar" is spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "fundamentar" mean?
As a verb, "fundamentar" means: dar fundamento a
How do you pronounce "fundamentar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fundamentar" is /fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fundamentar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list