vomitar
/vu.mi.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“vomitar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,191 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #11,191
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expelir (geralmente alimento em digestão) pela boca
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vomitar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vu.mi.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vomitar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vomitar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vu.mi.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,191 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "expelir (geralmente alimento em digestão) pela boca".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vomitar, with forms such as "ovmitar", "vmoitar", and "voimtar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "votar", "visitar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 vomitar, spelled V-O-M-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1expelir (geralmente alimento em digestão) pela boca
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovmitar,vmoitar,voimtar,vomiatr,vomitarr,vomitra,vomittar,vommitar,vomtiar,vvomitar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vomitar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “vomitar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-O-M-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vu.mi.ˈtaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “votar” - see the side-by-side comparison. vomitar vs votar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.