vegetar
/vɨ.ʒɨ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“vegetar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - viver e desenvolver-se (a planta)
Corpus desk
Index PT-vegetar · vegetar · Portuguese
vegetar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vegetar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vɨ.ʒɨ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vegetar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vegetar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /vɨ.ʒɨ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vegetar has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is vegetar, spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1viver e desenvolver-se (a planta)
- 2viver precariamente
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