velejar

/vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ/

//vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ// verb

The verdict

“velejar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,087 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,087
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - navegar à vela

Corpus desk

Index PT-velejar · velejar · Portuguese

velejar · rank #53,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,087
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH tátil

Nearest frequency peer: tátil (-10 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 “velejar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for velejar
PropertyValue
Headwordvelejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “velejar” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tátil” (#53,077), “translação” (#53,065), “transeunte” (#53,063). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “velejar” fica em #53,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

velejar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,087 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "navegar à vela".

No misspelling variants are generated for velejar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is velejar, spelled V-E-L-E-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    navegar à vela

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 "velejar"?
"velejar" is spelled V-E-L-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "velejar" mean?
As a verb, "velejar" means: navegar à vela
How do you pronounce "velejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "velejar" is /vɨ.lɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "velejar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list