defecar

/dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/

//dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“defecar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #53,811 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#53,811
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expelir o bolo alimentar, já digerido, pelo reto (ânus)

Key facts for defecar
PropertyValue
Headworddefecar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “defecar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). defecar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for defecar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,811 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "expelir o bolo alimentar, já digerido, pelo reto (ânus)".

defecar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is defecar, spelled D-E-F-E-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    expelir o bolo alimentar, já digerido, pelo reto (ânus)

Synonyms

dar uma barrigadaestramparfraguear

This word in other languages

defecate(English)defecar(Español)déféquer(Français)

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 "defecar"?
"defecar" is spelled D-E-F-E-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "defecar" mean?
As a verb, "defecar" means: expelir o bolo alimentar, já digerido, pelo reto (ânus)
How do you pronounce "defecar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "defecar" is /dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "defecar" come from?
"defecar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “defecar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-F-E-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list