gather

verb

The verdict

“gather” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,760 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - juntar, unir, coletar

Corpus desk

Index PT-gather · gather · Portuguese

gather · rank #97,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,760
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH genciana

Nearest frequency peer: genciana (+4 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 “gather”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gather
PropertyValue
Headwordgather
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gather” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.gathercai 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: “genciana” (#97,764), “gamado” (#97,755), “galgar” (#97,754). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gather” fica em #97,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gather is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,760 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gather, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 gather, spelled G-A-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    juntar, unir, coletar
  2. 2
    juntar-se
  3. 3
    reunir em assembleia, congregar
  4. 4
    preguear

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gather appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They headed by foot to the incident site, gathering others along the way.

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 "gather"?
"gather" is spelled G-A-T-H-E-R.
What does "gather" mean?
As a verb, "gather" means: juntar, unir, coletar
What language does "gather" come from?
"gather" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list