perambular
The verdict
“perambular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,792 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,792
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caminhar sem destino certo
Corpus desk
Index PT-perambular · perambular · Portuguese
perambular · rank #69,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,792
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH peninsular
Nearest frequency peer: peninsular (-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 “perambular”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- papoila
papoila
30,223 corpus weight
- peninsular
peninsular
30,212 corpus weight
- perambular
perambular
30,209 corpus weight
- polifonia
polifonia
30,199 corpus weight
- prestável
prestável
30,194 corpus weight
- professar
professar
30,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “perambular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perambular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “perambular” em português
Rare enough to double-check
perambular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,792 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "caminhar sem destino certo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perambular in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is perambular, spelled P-E-R-A-M-B-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1caminhar sem destino certo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perambular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por sempre terem agido dessa forma, os cidadãos norte-americanos podiam, de fato e de direito, perambular pelo mundo de cabeça erguida.
This word in other languages
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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