inflamar

//ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,057

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

inflamar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pôr em chama, incendiar Pronounced /ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Often confused with inflar and informar.

Key facts for inflamar
PropertyValue
Headwordinflamar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,057
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of inflamar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for inflamar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,057 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for inflamar, with forms such as "ifnlamar", "infalmar", and "infflamar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inflar", "informar", "inflação", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is inflamar, spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr em chama, incendiar
  2. 2
    tornar vermelho e inchado (garganta, etc.)
  3. 3
    ficar cheio de gente e muito animado (local)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnlamar,infalmar,infflamar,inflaamr,inflamarr,inflammar,inflamra,infllamar,inflmaar,inlfamar,innflamar,niflamar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inflamar

Misspelling Variants of "inflamar"

ifnlamar8infalmar8infflamar9inflaamr8inflamarr9inflammar9inflamra8infllamar9
Misspelling Variants of "inflamar"

Frequency rank: #42,057 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inflamar"?
"inflamar" is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/.
What does "inflamar" mean?
As a verb, "inflamar" means: pôr em chama, incendiar
What words are commonly confused with "inflamar"?
"inflamar" is commonly confused with "inflar", "informar", "inflação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inflamar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inflamar" is /ĩ.flɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inflamar" come from?
"inflamar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.