madrugar
/mɐ.dɾu.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“madrugar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,637 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,637
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amanhecer
Corpus desk
Index PT-madrugar · madrugar · Portuguese
madrugar · rank #86,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,637
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Malachi
Nearest frequency peer: Malachi (+1 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 “madrugar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lacraia
lacraia
13,399 corpus weight
- llama
llama
13,377 corpus weight
- lusitanas
lusitanas
13,369 corpus weight
- madrugar
madrugar
13,364 corpus weight
- Malachi
Malachi
13,363 corpus weight
- Meister
Meister
13,342 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “madrugar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrugar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɐ.dɾu.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “madrugar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
madrugar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,637 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mɐ.dɾu.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
madrugar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is madrugar, spelled M-A-D-R-U-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1amanhecer
- 2levantar-se muito cedo da cama
- 3permanecer a noite toda acordado
- 4praticar algum ato antes do tempo próprio
- 5anteceder outrem em qualquer coisa
- 6manifestar-se muito cedo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madrugar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ele madrugou jogando video game.
Madrugaram nele os vícios.
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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