decepar
/dɨ.sɨ.ˈpaɾ/
The verdict
“decepar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,878 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,878
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar uma parte de outra maior
Corpus desk
Index PT-decepar · decepar · Portuguese
decepar · rank #90,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,878
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH danar
Nearest frequency peer: danar (-4 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 “decepar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cátodo
cátodo
9,129 corpus weight
- danar
danar
9,127 corpus weight
- decepar
decepar
9,123 corpus weight
- deficitário
deficitário
9,116 corpus weight
- delon
delon
9,112 corpus weight
- desapropriar
desapropriar
9,106 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “decepar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decepar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.sɨ.ˈpaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “decepar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
decepar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,878 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.sɨ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for decepar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 decepar, spelled D-E-C-E-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1cortar uma parte de outra maior
- 2cortar, interromper
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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