obscurecer
/ɔbʃ.kuɾɨˈseɾ/
The verdict
“obscurecer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,813 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,813
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar(-se) obscuro
Corpus desk
Index PT-obscurecer · obscurecer · Portuguese
obscurecer · rank #79,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,813
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ongoing
Nearest frequency peer: ongoing (+7 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 “obscurecer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nanica
nanica
20,208 corpus weight
- obscurecer
obscurecer
20,188 corpus weight
- ongoing
ongoing
20,181 corpus weight
- onírico
onírico
20,179 corpus weight
- pentatlo
pentatlo
20,153 corpus weight
- perecem
perecem
20,152 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “obscurecer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obscurecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɔbʃ.kuɾɨˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “obscurecer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
obscurecer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,813 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɔbʃ.kuɾɨˈseɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for obscurecer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is obscurecer, spelled O-B-S-C-U-R-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1tornar(-se) obscuro
- 2tirar ou reduzir a claridade de; apagar(-se)
- 3tornar(-se) difícil de compreender ou pouco inteligível
- 4confundir(-se)
- 5tornar(-se) triste, sombrio
- 6diminuir a intensidade de, suplantar, superar
- 7privar da razão, cegar, obcecar
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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