terminar

//tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,832

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

terminar is aPortugueseverb. It means: acabar, encerrar, chegar ao fim Pronounced /tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ/. It ranks #1,832 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with treinar and término.

Key facts for terminar
PropertyValue
Headwordterminar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,832
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of terminar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for terminar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,832 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for terminar, with forms such as "etrminar", "temrinar", and "terimnar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "treinar", "término", "termine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is terminar, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    acabar, encerrar, chegar ao fim
  2. 2
    dar fim, desfazer, romper
  3. 3
    delimitar, demarcar
  4. 4
    ter como consequência

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etrminar,temrinar,terimnar,termianr,terminarr,terminnar,terminra,termminar,termniar,terrminar,treminar,tterminar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for terminar

Misspelling Variants of "terminar"

etrminar8temrinar8terimnar8termianr8terminarr9terminnar9terminra8termminar9
Misspelling Variants of "terminar"

Frequency rank: #1,832 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terminar"?
"terminar" is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "terminar" mean?
As a verb, "terminar" means: acabar, encerrar, chegar ao fim
What words are commonly confused with "terminar"?
"terminar" is commonly confused with "treinar", "término", "termine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terminar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terminar" is /tɨɾ.mi.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terminar" come from?
"terminar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.