penetrava
/pe.ne.ˈtɾa.vɐ/
The verdict
“penetrava” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,098 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,098
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo penetrar
Corpus desk
Index PT-penetrava · penetrava · Portuguese
penetrava · rank #94,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,098
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perfumista
Nearest frequency peer: perfumista (+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 “penetrava”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- opulento
opulento
5,931 corpus weight
- ortogonal
ortogonal
5,927 corpus weight
- Palme
Palme
5,921 corpus weight
- penetrava
penetrava
5,903 corpus weight
- perfumista
perfumista
5,900 corpus weight
- pontilhão
pontilhão
5,881 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “penetrava” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penetrava |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pe.ne.ˈtɾa.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “penetrava” em português
Rare enough to double-check
penetrava is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,098 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pe.ne.ˈtɾa.vɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for penetrava, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is penetrava, spelled P-E-N-E-T-R-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo penetrar
- 2terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo penetrar
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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