perambular
The verdict
“perambular” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #69,792 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #69,792
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - caminhar sem destino certo
| 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) |
Where “perambular” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for perambular is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #69,792 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “perambular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-A-M-B-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.