poluir
/pu.ˈlwiɾ/
The verdict
“poluir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,152 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,152
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sujar o meio ambiente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poluir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pu.ˈlwiɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poluir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poluir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,152 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pu.ˈlwiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for poluir, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is poluir, spelled P-O-L-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1sujar o meio ambiente
- 2corromper
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 “poluir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-U-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pu.ˈlwiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.