poluir
/pu.ˈlwiɾ/
The verdict
“poluir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,152 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,152
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sujar o meio ambiente
Corpus desk
Index PT-poluir · poluir · Portuguese
poluir · rank #50,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,152
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH polir
Nearest frequency peer: polir (-1 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 “poluir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- parati
parati
49,869 corpus weight
- perro
perro
49,857 corpus weight
- polir
polir
49,850 corpus weight
- poluir
poluir
49,849 corpus weight
- precedência
precedência
49,841 corpus weight
- predileção
predileção
49,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “poluir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “poluir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
poluir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,152 among 1,578 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poluir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vamos renovar o ar da cidade sem poluir o de outro lugar.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).