defecar

/dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/

//dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“defecar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,811 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,811
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expelir o bolo alimentar, já digerido, pelo reto (ânus)

Corpus desk

Index PT-defecar · defecar · Portuguese

defecar · rank #53,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,811
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH cronológico

Nearest frequency peer: cronológico (-12 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 “defecar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cauda longa: rank de “defecar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).defecarcai 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: “cronológico” (#53,799), “criminalística” (#53,797), “diligentemente” (#53,833). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “defecar” fica em #53,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

defecar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,811 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.fɨ.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "defecar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comover#53,771empadão#53,853imputar#53,935isótopo#53,953

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list