deliciar

/dɨ.li.ˈsjaɾ/

//dɨ.li.ˈsjaɾ// verb

The verdict

“deliciar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,247 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,247
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar delícia a

Corpus desk

Index PT-deliciar · deliciar · Portuguese

deliciar · rank #57,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,247
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH degola

Nearest frequency peer: degola (-1 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 “deliciar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deliciar
PropertyValue
Headworddeliciar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.li.ˈsjaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,247
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “deliciar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).deliciarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “degola” (#57,246), “cotovia” (#57,230), “dictionary” (#57,267). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deliciar” fica em #57,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deliciar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,247 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.li.ˈsjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "causar delícia a".

No misspelling variants are generated for deliciar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 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 deliciar, spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    causar delícia a

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list