oscilar
/ɔʃ.si.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“oscilar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,766 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,766
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - balançar de um lado para outro, como o pêndulo faz
Corpus desk
Index PT-oscilar · oscilar · Portuguese
oscilar · rank #51,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,766
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH Oman
Nearest frequency peer: Oman (-3 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 “oscilar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Oman
Oman
48,238 corpus weight
- oscilar
oscilar
48,235 corpus weight
- palhaça
palhaça
48,230 corpus weight
- panelinha
panelinha
48,229 corpus weight
- panther
panther
48,228 corpus weight
- parafina
parafina
48,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “oscilar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oscilar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɔʃ.si.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “oscilar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
oscilar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,766 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɔʃ.si.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for oscilar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 oscilar, spelled O-S-C-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1balançar de um lado para outro, como o pêndulo faz
- 2ter ou produzir oscilações
This word in other languages
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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