submergir

/sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/

//sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ// verb

The verdict

“submergir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,498 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,498
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afundar na água

Corpus desk

Index PT-submergir · submergir · Portuguese

submergir · rank #62,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,498
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sublinhado

Nearest frequency peer: sublinhado (-1 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 “submergir”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “submergir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cauda longa: rank de “submergir” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).submergircai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sublinhado” (#62,497), “swim” (#62,508), “tacar” (#62,510). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “submergir” fica em #62,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

submergir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,498 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

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); 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "submergir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list