venerar

/vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/

//vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ// verb

The verdict

“venerar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,279 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,279
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tributar veneração a

Corpus desk

Index PT-venerar · venerar · Portuguese

venerar · rank #50,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,279
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH veer

Nearest frequency peer: veer (-1 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 “venerar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for venerar
PropertyValue
Headwordvenerar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “venerar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).venerarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “veer” (#50,278), “versado” (#50,281), “valoroso” (#50,275). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “venerar” fica em #50,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

venerar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,279 among 501 “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

  1. 1
    tributar veneração a
  2. 2
    reverenciar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how venerar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ao venerar Maria, a Igreja irá valorizar a ação das mulheres como protagonistas da fé e da Igreja.

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 "venerar"?
"venerar" is spelled V-E-N-E-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/.
What does "venerar" mean?
As a verb, "venerar" means: tributar veneração a
How do you pronounce "venerar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "venerar" is /vɨ.nɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "venerar" come from?
"venerar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "venerar", 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