defumar
/de.fu.ˈmaɾ/, /de.fu.ˈma/
The verdict
“defumar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expor ao fumo
Corpus desk
Index PT-defumar · defumar · Portuguese
defumar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defumar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /de.fu.ˈmaɾ/, /de.fu.ˈma/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “defumar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
defumar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /de.fu.ˈmaɾ/, /de.fu.ˈma/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for defumar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 defumar, spelled D-E-F-U-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1expor ao fumo
- 2curar ou secar ao fumo
- 3perfumar
- 4forma de preparar alimentos onde o alimento fica exposto à fumaça
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.