predominar
/pɾɨ.du.mi.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“predominar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,421 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,421
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ser superior em número, força, poder ou autoridade
Corpus desk
Index PT-predominar · predominar · Portuguese
predominar · rank #64,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,421
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH previsivelmen…
Nearest frequency peer: previsivelmente (+4 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 “predominar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- plagiar
plagiar
35,592 corpus weight
- poderosamen…
poderosamente
35,586 corpus weight
- predominar
predominar
35,580 corpus weight
- previsivelm…
previsivelmente
35,576 corpus weight
- prorrogar
prorrogar
35,573 corpus weight
- provide
provide
35,571 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “predominar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | predominar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.du.mi.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “predominar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
predominar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,421 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾɨ.du.mi.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ser superior em número, força, poder ou autoridade".
Zero misspellings are on record for predominar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is predominar, spelled P-R-E-D-O-M-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1ser superior em número, força, poder ou autoridade
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how predominar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A visão religiosa terminou por predominar no caso da Itália, sede da Igreja Católica, onde as pesquisas são totalmente proibidas.
Synonyms
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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