tricotar

/tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/

//tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“tricotar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,712 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,712
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer tricô

Corpus desk

Index PT-tricotar · tricotar · Portuguese

tricotar · rank #54,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,712
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH usted

Nearest frequency peer: usted (+7 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 “tricotar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tricotar
PropertyValue
Headwordtricotar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,712
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tricotar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tricotarcai 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: “usted” (#54,719), “vaidades” (#54,721), “toada” (#54,700). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tricotar” fica em #54,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tricotar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,712 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fazer tricô".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tricotar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tricotar, spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer tricô

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tricotar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um estudo feito nos Estados Unidos afirma que ter um passatempo como ler livros, costurar, tricotar ou até se divertir com jogos de computador pode adiar a perda da memória associada à idade avançada.

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 "tricotar"?
"tricotar" is spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "tricotar" mean?
As a verb, "tricotar" means: fazer tricô
How do you pronounce "tricotar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tricotar" is /tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list