parafrasear
/pɐ.ɾɐ.fɾɐ.ˈzjaɾ/
The verdict
“parafrasear” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,196 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,196
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - escrever ou dizer com outros termos; fazer paráfrase de
Corpus desk
Index PT-parafrasear · parafrasear · Portuguese
parafrasear · rank #92,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,196
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pancadão
Nearest frequency peer: pancadão (-2 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 “parafrasear”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- operariado
operariado
7,821 corpus weight
- ossário
ossário
7,819 corpus weight
- pancadão
pancadão
7,807 corpus weight
- parafrasear
parafrasear
7,805 corpus weight
- petardo
petardo
7,791 corpus weight
- pitangas
pitangas
7,783 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “parafrasear” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parafrasear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɐ.ɾɐ.fɾɐ.ˈzjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “parafrasear” em português
Rare enough to double-check
parafrasear is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,196 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɐ.ɾɐ.fɾɐ.ˈzjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "escrever ou dizer com outros termos; fazer paráfrase de".
No misspelling variants are generated for parafrasear in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is parafrasear, spelled P-A-R-A-F-R-A-S-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1escrever ou dizer com outros termos; fazer paráfrase de
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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