outorgar

verb

The verdict

“outorgar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,238 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,238
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar, de maneira solene, geralmente em cerimônia criada para o efeito

Corpus desk

Index PT-outorgar · outorgar · Portuguese

outorgar · rank #51,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,238
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH olmo

Nearest frequency peer: olmo (-5 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 “outorgar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for outorgar
PropertyValue
Headwordoutorgar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,238
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “outorgar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.outorgarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “olmo” (#51,233), “peel” (#51,251), “pemba” (#51,252). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “outorgar” fica em #51,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

outorgar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,238 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dar, de maneira solene, geralmente em cerimônia criada para o efeito".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for outorgar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is outorgar, spelled O-U-T-O-R-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar, de maneira solene, geralmente em cerimônia criada para o efeito

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O Ministério da Justiça vai colaborar com a discussão da reforma política enquanto o presidente outorgar mandato para isso.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "outorgar"?
"outorgar" is spelled O-U-T-O-R-G-A-R.
What does "outorgar" mean?
As a verb, "outorgar" means: dar, de maneira solene, geralmente em cerimônia criada para o efeito
What language does "outorgar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list