teimar
/tɐj.ˈmaɾ/
The verdict
“teimar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,479 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,479
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-teimar · teimar · Portuguese
teimar · rank #91,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,479
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tratante
Nearest frequency peer: tratante (+18 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 “teimar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- solitude
solitude
8,563 corpus weight
- stacks
stacks
8,554 corpus weight
- subjetivame…
subjetivamente
8,541 corpus weight
- teimar
teimar
8,522 corpus weight
- tratante
tratante
8,504 corpus weight
- varonil
varonil
8,483 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “teimar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teimar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɐj.ˈmaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “teimar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
teimar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,479 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tɐj.ˈmaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for teimar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is teimar, spelled T-E-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1transitivo
- 2transitivo
- 3intransitivo
- 4intransitivo
- 5intransitivo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teimar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Teimava na sua: não iria.
Quanto mais lhe diziam, mais ele teimava.
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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