ruminar
The verdict
“ruminar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar (o animal ruminante) a mastigar os alimentos que voltaram do estômago para a boca
Corpus desk
Index PT-ruminar · ruminar · Portuguese
ruminar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruminar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ruminar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ruminar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ruminar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ruminar, spelled R-U-M-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar (o animal ruminante) a mastigar os alimentos que voltaram do estômago para a boca
- 2pensar muito em alguma coisa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ruminar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainda que desconfortável, no momento atual é melhor ruminar silenciosamente as suas idéias do que sair por aí bradando aos quatro ventos o que está entalado em sua garganta.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.