gather

verb

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The verdict

“gather” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #97,760 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#97,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - juntar, unir, coletar

Key facts for gather
PropertyValue
Headwordgather
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gather” 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). gather lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for gather is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #97,760 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

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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Using “gather”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-T-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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