deflagrar

/dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ/

//dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ// verb

The verdict

“deflagrar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,861 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,861
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arder com intensidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-deflagrar · deflagrar · Portuguese

deflagrar · rank #73,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,861
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH decálogo

Nearest frequency peer: decálogo (-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 “deflagrar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deflagrar
PropertyValue
Headworddeflagrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “deflagrar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.deflagrarcai 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: “decálogo” (#73,857), “depravado” (#73,865), “desaprovar” (#73,868). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deflagrar” fica em #73,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deflagrar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,861 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for deflagrar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is deflagrar, spelled D-E-F-L-A-G-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    arder com intensidade
  2. 2
    provocar, desencadear

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 "deflagrar"?
"deflagrar" is spelled D-E-F-L-A-G-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ/.
What does "deflagrar" mean?
As a verb, "deflagrar" means: arder com intensidade
How do you pronounce "deflagrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deflagrar" is /dɨ.flɐ.ˈɡɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deflagrar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list