depurar
The verdict
“depurar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,714 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,714
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - purificar, limpar, desembaraçar (algo, alguém ou a si mesmo) [de sujeira, substâncias ou agentes indesejáveis]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depurar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “depurar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
depurar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,714 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
depurar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 depurar, spelled D-E-P-U-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1purificar, limpar, desembaraçar (algo, alguém ou a si mesmo) [de sujeira, substâncias ou agentes indesejáveis]
- 2purificar, livrar (algo, alguém ou a si mesmo) [de mácula ou pecado]; mundificar(-se), purgar(-se)
- 3(Derivação: sentido figurado) tornar(-se) apurado; aprimorar(-se), aperfeiçoar(-se)
- 4(Regionalismo: Brasil) examinar o código de (um programa), a fim de identificar, localizar e suprimir falhas ou erros
Synonyms
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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Using “depurar”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-P-U-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.