venerar
/vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“venerar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,279 among 1,073 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,279
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tributar veneração a
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venerar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “venerar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
venerar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,279 among 1,073 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for venerar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is venerar, spelled V-E-N-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1tributar veneração a
- 2reverenciar
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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Using “venerar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-N-E-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.