obviar
/ɔ.bˈvjaɾ/
The verdict
“obviar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prevenir a ocorrência
Corpus desk
Index PT-obviar · obviar · Portuguese
obviar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | obviar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɔ.bˈvjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “obviar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
obviar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɔ.bˈvjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for obviar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 obviar, spelled O-B-V-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1prevenir a ocorrência
- 2fazer oposição a; objetar
- 3obstar; tomar prevenção
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.