beliscar

/bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ/

//bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ// verb

The verdict

“beliscar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,917 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,917
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apertar a pele com as unhas dos dedos polegar e indicador

Corpus desk

Index PT-beliscar · beliscar · Portuguese

beliscar · rank #50,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,917
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH beatificação

Nearest frequency peer: beatificação (-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 “beliscar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beliscar
PropertyValue
Headwordbeliscar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “beliscar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).beliscarcai 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: “beatificação” (#50,916), “batina” (#50,915), “bari” (#50,914). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “beliscar” fica em #50,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beliscar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,917 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "apertar a pele com as unhas dos dedos polegar e indicador".

No misspelling variants are generated for beliscar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is beliscar, spelled B-E-L-I-S-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    apertar a pele com as unhas dos dedos polegar e indicador

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 "beliscar"?
"beliscar" is spelled B-E-L-I-S-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "beliscar" mean?
As a verb, "beliscar" means: apertar a pele com as unhas dos dedos polegar e indicador
How do you pronounce "beliscar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beliscar" is /bɨ.liʃ.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beliscar" come from?
"beliscar" 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 "beliscar", 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