perseverar
The verdict
“perseverar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,300 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,300
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - continuar a acreditar em algo; insistir
Corpus desk
Index PT-perseverar · perseverar · Portuguese
perseverar · rank #56,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,300
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pataxó
Nearest frequency peer: pataxó (-5 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 “perseverar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- panificação
panificação
43,711 corpus weight
- paquete
paquete
43,709 corpus weight
- paraquedismo
paraquedismo
43,707 corpus weight
- pataxó
pataxó
43,706 corpus weight
- perseverar
perseverar
43,701 corpus weight
- picas
picas
43,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “perseverar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perseverar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “perseverar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
perseverar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,300 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "continuar a acreditar em algo; insistir".
perseverar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is perseverar, spelled P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1continuar a acreditar em algo; insistir
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perseverar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os antigos romanos diziam que “errar é humano, mas perseverar no erro é diabólico”.
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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