acoplar

verb

The verdict

“acoplar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,865 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,865
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - realizar o acoplamento; juntar

Corpus desk

Index PT-acoplar · acoplar · Portuguese

acoplar · rank #50,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,865
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH additional

Nearest frequency peer: additional (+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 “acoplar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acoplar
PropertyValue
Headwordacoplar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “acoplar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).acoplarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “additional” (#50,866), “adverso” (#50,871), “waka” (#50,846). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acoplar” fica em #50,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acoplar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,865 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "realizar o acoplamento; juntar".

No generated misspelling entries exist for acoplar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is acoplar, spelled A-C-O-P-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    realizar o acoplamento; juntar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Segundo Santos, o hidrante da Nestor Pestana não estava desabastecido, mas danificado, sem uma peça para acoplar as mangueiras.

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 "acoplar"?
"acoplar" is spelled A-C-O-P-L-A-R.
What does "acoplar" mean?
As a verb, "acoplar" means: realizar o acoplamento; juntar
What language does "acoplar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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