invejar
/ĩ.vɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“invejar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,202 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,202
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ter inveja de
Corpus desk
Index PT-invejar · invejar · Portuguese
invejar · rank #56,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,202
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH interveniente
Nearest frequency peer: interveniente (-3 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 “invejar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- inação
inação
43,822 corpus weight
- incutir
incutir
43,818 corpus weight
- intervenien…
interveniente
43,802 corpus weight
- invejar
invejar
43,799 corpus weight
- kinda
kinda
43,784 corpus weight
- libélula
libélula
43,770 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “invejar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | invejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ĩ.vɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “invejar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
invejar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,202 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ĩ.vɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for invejar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is invejar, spelled I-N-V-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1ter inveja de
- 2cobiçar ardentemente (aquilo que pertence a outrem)
Synonyms
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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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