pacificar

/pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ/

//pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ// verb

The verdict

“pacificar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,341 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,341
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr em paz

Corpus desk

Index PT-pacificar · pacificar · Portuguese

pacificar · rank #52,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,341
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH owl

Nearest frequency peer: owl (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “pacificar”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “pacificar” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pacificar
PropertyValue
Headwordpacificar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “pacificar” fica na frequência do português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pacificarcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “owl” (#52,340), “omitido” (#52,336), “olivera” (#52,335). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pacificar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,341 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for pacificar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pacificar, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr em paz
  2. 2
    apaziguar
  3. 3
    tranquilizar

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 "pacificar"?
"pacificar" is spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "pacificar" mean?
As a verb, "pacificar" means: pôr em paz
How do you pronounce "pacificar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacificar" is /pɐ.si.fi.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacificar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list