penar
/pe.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“penar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #69,062 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #69,062
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - condenar; dar pena
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pe.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for penar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pe.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,062 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "condenar; dar pena".
Zero misspellings are on record for penar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is penar, spelled P-E-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1condenar; dar pena
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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Using “penar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pe.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.