apalpar
/ɐ.paɫ.ˈpaɾ/
The verdict
“apalpar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,128 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,128
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tocar com a mão, usando o sentido do tato; tatear:
Corpus desk
Index PT-apalpar · apalpar · Portuguese
apalpar · rank #57,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,128
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apetecível
Nearest frequency peer: apetecível (+2 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 “apalpar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aleatorieda…
aleatoriedade
42,887 corpus weight
- altivo
altivo
42,884 corpus weight
- ancoradouro
ancoradouro
42,878 corpus weight
- apalpar
apalpar
42,873 corpus weight
- apetecível
apetecível
42,871 corpus weight
- arquitectón…
arquitectónico
42,859 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apalpar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apalpar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.paɫ.ˈpaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apalpar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apalpar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,128 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.paɫ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for apalpar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apalpar, spelled A-P-A-L-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1tocar com a mão, usando o sentido do tato; tatear:
- 2molestar com apalpadelas:
- 3avançar por tentativas; sondar; experimentar:
- 4aplaudir:
- 5movimentar a mão
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apalpar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Duarte, ao ver a moça, compôs o chambre, apalpou a gravata e fez uma cerimoniosa cortesia"
Zás!, recebeu uma bofetada depois de a apalpar.
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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