ventilar

/vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ/

//vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ// verb

The verdict

“ventilar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,424 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,424
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arejar

Corpus desk

Index PT-ventilar · ventilar · Portuguese

ventilar · rank #71,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,424
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vacilante

Nearest frequency peer: vacilante (-6 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 “ventilar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ventilar
PropertyValue
Headwordventilar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ventilar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ventilarcai 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: “vacilante” (#71,418), “wafer” (#71,433), “walnut” (#71,434). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “ventilar” fica em #71,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ventilar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,424 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

ventilar has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ventilar, spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    arejar
  2. 2
    expor ao vento
  3. 3
    discutir; agitar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ventilar o colchão.

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 "ventilar"?
"ventilar" is spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "ventilar" mean?
As a verb, "ventilar" means: arejar
How do you pronounce "ventilar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ventilar" is /vẽ.ti.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ventilar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list