peneirar
/pɨ.nɐj.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“peneirar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,183 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,183
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - passar o cereal pela peneira, crivar
Corpus desk
Index PT-peneirar · peneirar · Portuguese
peneirar · rank #83,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,183
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pasteurizado
Nearest frequency peer: pasteurizado (-6 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 “peneirar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ouch
ouch
16,841 corpus weight
- overkill
overkill
16,839 corpus weight
- pasmado
pasmado
16,827 corpus weight
- pasteurizado
pasteurizado
16,824 corpus weight
- peneirar
peneirar
16,818 corpus weight
- platino
platino
16,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “peneirar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peneirar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɨ.nɐj.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “peneirar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
peneirar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,183 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɨ.nɐj.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for peneirar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is peneirar, spelled P-E-N-E-I-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1passar o cereal pela peneira, crivar
- 2sacudir
- 3escolher, filtrar
Synonyms
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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