pestanejar

//pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ// verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,599

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pestanejar is aPortugueseverb. It means: mover as pestanas, abrindo e fechando os olhos Pronounced /pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.

Key facts for pestanejar
PropertyValue
Headwordpestanejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,599
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pestanejar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pestanejar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,599 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for pestanejar, with forms such as "epstanejar", "pesatnejar", and "pesstanejar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pestanejar, spelled P-E-S-T-A-N-E-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mover as pestanas, abrindo e fechando os olhos
  2. 2
    brilhar (estrelas)
  3. 3
    dormir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epstanejar,pesatnejar,pesstanejar,pestaenjar,pestaneajr,pestanejarr,pestanejjar,pestanejra,pestanjear,pestannejar,pestnaejar,pesttanejar,petsanejar,ppestanejar,psetanejar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pestanejar

Misspelling Variants of "pestanejar"

epstanejar10pesatnejar10pesstanejar11pestaenjar10pestaneajr10pestanejarr11pestanejjar11pestanejra10
Misspelling Variants of "pestanejar"

Frequency rank: #42,599 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pestanejar"?
"pestanejar" is spelled P-E-S-T-A-N-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "pestanejar" mean?
As a verb, "pestanejar" means: mover as pestanas, abrindo e fechando os olhos
What are common misspellings of "pestanejar"?
Common misspellings include "epstanejar", "pesatnejar", "pesstanejar", "pestaenjar", "pestaneajr". The correct spelling is "pestanejar".
How do you pronounce "pestanejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pestanejar" is /pɨʃ.tɐ.nɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pestanejar" come from?
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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.