tostar

/tuʃ.ˈtaɾ/

//tuʃ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“tostar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,286 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,286
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - queimar superficialmente

Corpus desk

Index PT-tostar · tostar · Portuguese

tostar · rank #95,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,286
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH traitor

Nearest frequency peer: traitor (+2 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 “tostar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tostar
PropertyValue
Headwordtostar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tuʃ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,286
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tostar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tostarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “traitor” (#95,288), “tomato” (#95,281), “traveller” (#95,293). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tostar” fica em #95,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tostar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,286 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tuʃ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

tostar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tostar, spelled T-O-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    queimar superficialmente
  2. 2
    crestar
  3. 3
    tisnar

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 "tostar"?
"tostar" is spelled T-O-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tuʃ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "tostar" mean?
As a verb, "tostar" means: queimar superficialmente
How do you pronounce "tostar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tostar" is /tuʃ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tostar" come from?
"tostar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list