licitar

/li.si.ˈtaɾ/

//li.si.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“licitar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,390 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,390
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leiloar

Corpus desk

Index PT-licitar · licitar · Portuguese

licitar · rank #70,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,390
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lixívia

Nearest frequency peer: lixívia (+4 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 “licitar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for licitar
PropertyValue
Headwordlicitar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/li.si.ˈtaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,390
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “licitar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).licitarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “lixívia” (#70,394), “manuseamento” (#70,406), “Jérôme” (#70,371). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “licitar” fica em #70,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

licitar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,390 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /li.si.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leiloar".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for licitar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is licitar, spelled L-I-C-I-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    leiloar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A licitação só vingou na segunda vez em que o governo do Estado tentou licitar a linha.

This word in other languages

bid(English)licitar(Español)

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 "licitar"?
"licitar" is spelled L-I-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /li.si.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "licitar" mean?
As a verb, "licitar" means: leiloar
How do you pronounce "licitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "licitar" is /li.si.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "licitar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

lixívia#70,394maricas#70,409rampage#70,538rematar#70,559

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list