-izar
The verdict
“-izar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - usado para formar verbos oriundos de substantivos e adjetivos, os verbos têm sentido de "fazer o que denota do substantivos/adjetivo", "tornar-se"
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Index PT-izar · -izar · Portuguese
-izar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -izar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “-izar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
-izar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "usado para formar verbos oriundos de substantivos e adjetivos, os verbos têm sentido de "fazer o que denota do substantivos/adjetivo", "tornar-se"".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for -izar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is -izar, spelled --I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1usado para formar verbos oriundos de substantivos e adjetivos, os verbos têm sentido de "fazer o que denota do substantivos/adjetivo", "tornar-se"
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.