regurgitar
The verdict
“regurgitar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,153 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,153
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expelir o excedente (geralmente alimento em digestão); vomitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-regurgitar · regurgitar · Portuguese
regurgitar · rank #99,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,153
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH pérfido
Nearest frequency peer: pérfido (-24 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 “regurgitar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- profiler
profiler
890 corpus weight
- préstimo
préstimo
880 corpus weight
- pérfido
pérfido
872 corpus weight
- regurgitar
regurgitar
848 corpus weight
- ridiculous
ridiculous
824 corpus weight
- Scylla
Scylla
797 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “regurgitar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regurgitar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “regurgitar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
regurgitar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,153 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
regurgitar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is regurgitar, spelled R-E-G-U-R-G-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1expelir o excedente (geralmente alimento em digestão); vomitar
- 2estar muito cheio, repleto; transbordar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how regurgitar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O bebê regurgitou o leite.
Após comer a merenda escolar, a criança regurgitou.
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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