demarcar
/dɨ.mɐɾ.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“demarcar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,484 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,484
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fixar os limites de
Corpus desk
Index PT-demarcar · demarcar · Portuguese
demarcar · rank #55,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,484
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH diluir
Nearest frequency peer: diluir (+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 “demarcar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corado
corado
44,543 corpus weight
- corar
corar
44,542 corpus weight
- demarcar
demarcar
44,517 corpus weight
- diluir
diluir
44,505 corpus weight
- Durst
Durst
44,495 corpus weight
- Eduard
Eduard
44,489 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “demarcar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demarcar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.mɐɾ.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “demarcar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
demarcar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,484 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.mɐɾ.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for demarcar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is demarcar, spelled D-E-M-A-R-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1fixar os limites de
- 2delimitar
- 3separar
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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