debelar
/dɨ.bɨ.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“debelar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,454 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,454
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obter a vitória numa luta armada
Corpus desk
Index PT-debelar · debelar · Portuguese
debelar · rank #75,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,454
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH defiant
Nearest frequency peer: defiant (+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 “debelar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cozinheiras
cozinheiras
24,559 corpus weight
- cômputo
cômputo
24,553 corpus weight
- debelar
debelar
24,547 corpus weight
- defiant
defiant
24,545 corpus weight
- Deméter
Deméter
24,539 corpus weight
- desconexo
desconexo
24,536 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “debelar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debelar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.bɨ.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “debelar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
debelar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,454 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.bɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for debelar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is debelar, spelled D-E-B-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1obter a vitória numa luta armada
- 2vencer, sujeitar, dominar
- 3cessar o efeito ou o poder, geralmente maléfico, de alguma coisa
- 4reprimir, refrear
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how debelar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Debelar uma revolta.
Debelar uma doença, encontrar sua cura.
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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