degolar
/dɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“degolar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,665 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,665
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar o pescoço, decapitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-degolar · degolar · Portuguese
degolar · rank #93,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,665
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dedutível
Nearest frequency peer: dedutível (-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 “degolar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- crispy
crispy
6,360 corpus weight
- cyan
cyan
6,354 corpus weight
- darma
darma
6,346 corpus weight
- dedutível
dedutível
6,340 corpus weight
- degolar
degolar
6,336 corpus weight
- diplomat
diplomat
6,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “degolar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | degolar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “degolar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
degolar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,665 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for degolar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is degolar, spelled D-E-G-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1cortar o pescoço, decapitar
- 2tirar a gola, decotar
- 3destituir de cargo ou emprego
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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