gotejar
/ɡu.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“gotejar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cair em gotas; pingar
Corpus desk
Index PT-gotejar · gotejar · Portuguese
gotejar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gotejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡu.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gotejar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gotejar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡu.tɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gotejar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gotejar, spelled G-O-T-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1cair em gotas; pingar
- 2vir em pequena quantidade
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.