imigrar

/i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ/

//i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ// verb

The verdict

“imigrar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,816 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,816
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entrar em um país estrangeiro para nele se estabelecer

Corpus desk

Index PT-imigrar · imigrar · Portuguese

imigrar · rank #74,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,816
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH incrustado

Nearest frequency peer: incrustado (+2 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 “imigrar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imigrar
PropertyValue
Headwordimigrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “imigrar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).imigrarcai 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: “incrustado” (#74,818), “inexoravelmente” (#74,820), “intense” (#74,827). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “imigrar” fica em #74,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imigrar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,816 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entrar em um país estrangeiro para nele se estabelecer".

imigrar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is imigrar, spelled I-M-I-G-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    entrar em um país estrangeiro para nele se estabelecer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Muitos brasileiros tentam imigrar para os EUA.

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 "imigrar"?
"imigrar" is spelled I-M-I-G-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ/.
What does "imigrar" mean?
As a verb, "imigrar" means: entrar em um país estrangeiro para nele se estabelecer
How do you pronounce "imigrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imigrar" is /i.mi.ˈɡɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imigrar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list