penar
/pe.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“penar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,062 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,062
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - condenar; dar pena
Corpus desk
Index PT-penar · penar · Portuguese
penar · rank #69,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,062
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pavimentar
Nearest frequency peer: pavimentar (-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 “penar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- palpitação
palpitação
30,949 corpus weight
- parangolé
parangolé
30,947 corpus weight
- pavimentar
pavimentar
30,942 corpus weight
- penar
penar
30,939 corpus weight
- pensionista
pensionista
30,936 corpus weight
- perceção
perceção
30,934 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “penar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “penar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
penar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,062 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pe.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).