gamar
The verdict
“gamar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,790 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,790
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - furtar sutilmente
Corpus desk
Index PT-gamar · gamar · Portuguese
gamar · rank #98,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,790
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH galopa
Nearest frequency peer: galopa (-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 “gamar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Feld
Feld
1,255 corpus weight
- frag
frag
1,228 corpus weight
- galopa
galopa
1,212 corpus weight
- gamar
gamar
1,211 corpus weight
- gramínea
gramínea
1,195 corpus weight
- hexagrama
hexagrama
1,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gamar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gamar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gamar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,790 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gamar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gamar, spelled G-A-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1furtar sutilmente
- 2ficar encantado por (algo ou alguém)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gamar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ele gamou nela.
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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