submergir

/sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/

//sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ// verb

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The verdict

“submergir” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #62,498 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#62,498
frequency rank, Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - afundar na água

Key facts for submergir
PropertyValue
Headwordsubmergir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,498
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “submergir” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). submergir lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for submergir is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,498 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "afundar na água".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for submergir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is submergir, spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-G-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    afundar na água

Synonyms

imergir

Antonyms

emergir

This word in other languages

drown(English)submerger(Français)untertauchen(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "submergir"?
"submergir" is spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/.
What does "submergir" mean?
As a verb, "submergir" means: afundar na água
How do you pronounce "submergir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "submergir" is /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "submergir" come from?
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Using “submergir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-B-M-E-R-G-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list