popularizar
The verdict
“popularizar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,620 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #27,620
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tornar popular ou conhecido do povo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | popularizar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “popularizar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for popularizar is 11 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #27,620 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for popularizar, with forms such as "oppularizar", "popluarizar", and "poppularizar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is popularizar, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar popular ou conhecido do povo
- 2tornar de uso popular
- 3fazer o povo tomar contato com ou tomar gosto a; difundir ou propagar entre o povo
- 4apresentar de forma fácil, simples, inteligível
- 5ganhar aceitação do povo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oppularizar,popluarizar,poppularizar,popualrizar,populairzar,populariazr,popularizarr,popularizra,popularizzar,popularrizar,popularziar,popullarizar,populraizar,pouplarizar,ppopularizar,ppoularizar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of popularizar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “popularizar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.