submergir
/sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/
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
- sublinhado
sublinhado
37,504 corpus weight
- submergir
submergir
37,503 corpus weight
- swim
swim
37,493 corpus weight
- tacar
tacar
37,491 corpus weight
- taller
taller
37,490 corpus weight
- temperature
temperature
37,487 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “submergir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | submergir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sub.mɨɾ.ˈʒiɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “submergir” em português
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
- 1afundar na água
Synonyms
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"?
What does "submergir" mean?
How do you pronounce "submergir"?
What language does "submergir" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).