proliferar
/pɾu.li.fɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“proliferar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,766 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,766
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - multiplicar, tornar numeroso
Corpus desk
Index PT-proliferar · proliferar · Portuguese
proliferar · rank #63,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,766
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH profusamente
Nearest frequency peer: profusamente (-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 “proliferar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pompom
pompom
36,249 corpus weight
- profusamente
profusamente
36,236 corpus weight
- proliferar
proliferar
36,235 corpus weight
- proverbial
proverbial
36,232 corpus weight
- quebradiço
quebradiço
36,222 corpus weight
- rag
rag
36,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “proliferar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proliferar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾu.li.fɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “proliferar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
proliferar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,766 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾu.li.fɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for proliferar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is proliferar, spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1multiplicar, tornar numeroso
- 2multiplicar-se rapidamente
- 3ter prole; reproduzir-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how proliferar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tanto a OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde) como a ONU (Organização das Nações Unidas) já alertaram para o risco de o vírus da nova gripe se proliferar nas comunidades mais pobres de países como a China. Folha de São Paulo, 11/10/2009
Synonyms
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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