decrescer
/dɨ.kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“decrescer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,610 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,610
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar-se menor, diminuir em dimensão, duração, quantidade ou intensidade; baixar, enfraquecer
Corpus desk
Index PT-decrescer · decrescer · Portuguese
decrescer · rank #95,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,610
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH croqui
Nearest frequency peer: croqui (-9 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 “decrescer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- croqui
croqui
4,400 corpus weight
- decrescer
decrescer
4,391 corpus weight
- descapotável
descapotável
4,377 corpus weight
- destroçar
destroçar
4,367 corpus weight
- Direktor
Direktor
4,355 corpus weight
- dissensão
dissensão
4,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “decrescer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decrescer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “decrescer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
decrescer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,610 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for decrescer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is decrescer, spelled D-E-C-R-E-S-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1tornar-se menor, diminuir em dimensão, duração, quantidade ou intensidade; baixar, enfraquecer
- 2diminuir sequência numérica
- 3diminuir gradativamente a intensidade sonora de uma execução musical
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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