impregnar
/ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈɡnaɾ/
The verdict
“impregnar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,837 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,837
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embeber
Corpus desk
Index PT-impregnar · impregnar · Portuguese
impregnar · rank #98,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,837
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH indispor
Nearest frequency peer: indispor (+9 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 “impregnar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hexagrama
hexagrama
1,181 corpus weight
- impregnar
impregnar
1,164 corpus weight
- indispor
indispor
1,155 corpus weight
- internete
internete
1,142 corpus weight
- inumação
inumação
1,137 corpus weight
- inverdade
inverdade
1,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “impregnar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impregnar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈɡnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “impregnar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
impregnar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,837 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ĩ.pɾɨ.ˈɡnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for impregnar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is impregnar, spelled I-M-P-R-E-G-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1embeber
- 2encher
- 3absorver
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impregnar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O ar está impregnado de poeira.
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.
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