postular
/puʃ.tu.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“postular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,095 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer um pedido; pedir, solicitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-postular · postular · Portuguese
postular · rank #69,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,095
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pressentir
Nearest frequency peer: pressentir (+12 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 “postular”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- penar
penar
30,939 corpus weight
- pensionista
pensionista
30,936 corpus weight
- perceção
perceção
30,934 corpus weight
- postular
postular
30,906 corpus weight
- pressentir
pressentir
30,894 corpus weight
- quickly
quickly
30,871 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “postular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /puʃ.tu.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “postular” em português
Rare enough to double-check
postular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,095 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /puʃ.tu.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for postular, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is postular, spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer um pedido; pedir, solicitar
- 2pedir ao superior que nomeie (alguém) para cura, reitor, prelado etc., dispensando-o de impedimento canônico
- 3admitir, a título de hipótese; supor, pressupor
- 4admitir de modo mais ou menos implícito
- 5ter como condição de existência, de sucesso, de realização; pressupor
- 6pedir com instância; suplicar, rogar, implorar
- 7requerer, documentando a alegação
- 8expor e requerer (algo) em juízo;
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how postular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Postular um direito
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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