prorrogar
/pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“prorrogar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,428 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,428
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer durar além do tempo estabelecido; prolongar
Corpus desk
Index PT-prorrogar · prorrogar · Portuguese
prorrogar · rank #64,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,428
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH provide
Nearest frequency peer: provide (+2 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 “prorrogar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- quid
quid
35,560 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “prorrogar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prorrogar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “prorrogar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
prorrogar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,428 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prorrogar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is prorrogar, spelled P-R-O-R-R-O-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer durar além do tempo estabelecido; prolongar
- 2adiar o término de; alongar, dilatar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prorrogar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
prorrogar o jogo, as férias, a vida etc.
prorrogar o mandato de um presidente
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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