seguir
/sɨ.ˈɡiɾ/
The verdict
“seguir” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #590 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #590
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ir atrás de
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seguir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɨ.ˈɡiɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seguir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for seguir is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ˈɡiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #590 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for seguir, with forms such as "esguir", "segguir", and "segiur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "sentir", "seguro", "sequer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is seguir, spelled S-E-G-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1ir atrás de
- 2marchar ou caminhar após
- 3aceitar como guia ou líder; aceitar a autoridade de alguém
- 4obedecer; cumprir o que é ordenado
- 5imitar; copiar; usar como exemplo
- 6mover-se ao longo de um caminho
- 7vir após, como resultado ou consequência
- 8ir em perseguição a alguém
- 9tentar alcançar algo
- 10observar os movimentos de algo ou alguém
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esguir,segguir,segiur,seguirr,seguri,seugir,sgeuir,sseguir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seguir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “seguir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-G-U-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɨ.ˈɡiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sentir” - see the side-by-side comparison. seguir vs sentir
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.