vadiar
/va.ˈdjaɾ/
The verdict
“vadiar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,234 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,234
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - levar vida de vadio
Corpus desk
Index PT-vadiar · vadiar · Portuguese
vadiar · rank #63,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,234
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH varejão
Nearest frequency peer: varejão (+3 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 “vadiar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- torneiro
torneiro
36,786 corpus weight
- transpirar
transpirar
36,781 corpus weight
- vadiar
vadiar
36,767 corpus weight
- varejão
varejão
36,764 corpus weight
- vert
vert
36,761 corpus weight
- verticaliza…
verticalização
36,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vadiar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vadiar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /va.ˈdjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vadiar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vadiar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,234 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /va.ˈdjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vadiar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is vadiar, spelled V-A-D-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1levar vida de vadio
- 2andar à tuna
- 3não ter ofício nem emprego
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.
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