hibernar

/i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/

//i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“hibernar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,571 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,571
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estar em hibernação

Corpus desk

Index PT-hibernar · hibernar · Portuguese

hibernar · rank #58,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,571
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hidrologia

Nearest frequency peer: hidrologia (+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 “hibernar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hibernar
PropertyValue
Headwordhibernar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,571
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hibernar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).hibernarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hidrologia” (#58,572), “iene” (#58,586), “grená” (#58,554). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hibernar” fica em #58,571. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hibernar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,571 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "estar em hibernação".

No misspelling variants are generated for hibernar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 hibernar, spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    estar em hibernação

This word in other languages

hibernate(English)hiberner(Français)überwintern(Deutsch)

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 "hibernar"?
"hibernar" is spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "hibernar" mean?
As a verb, "hibernar" means: estar em hibernação
How do you pronounce "hibernar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hibernar" is /i.bɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hibernar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

martelar#58,646minority#58,662elitismo#58,477Oiapoque#58,682

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list