vacinar
/vɐ.si.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“vacinar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #40,378 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #40,378
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - praticar a vacinação em
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vɐ.si.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vacinar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vacinar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɐ.si.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,378 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacinar, with forms such as "avcinar", "vaccinar", and "vacianr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "vaiar", "variar", "vagina", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is vacinar, spelled V-A-C-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1praticar a vacinação em
- 2introduzir uma vacina no organismo de
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avcinar,vaccinar,vacianr,vacinarr,vacinnar,vacinra,vacniar,vaicnar,vcainar,vvacinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacinar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “vacinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-C-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɐ.si.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vaiar” - see the side-by-side comparison. vacinar vs vaiar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.