derrapar
/dɨ.Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/
The verdict
“derrapar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,976 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,976
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (veículo de rodas) escorregar, deslizar
Corpus desk
Index PT-derrapar · derrapar · Portuguese
derrapar · rank #81,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,976
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deleção
Nearest frequency peer: deleção (-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 “derrapar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corredeira
corredeira
18,053 corpus weight
- criterioso
criterioso
18,047 corpus weight
- cronicamente
cronicamente
18,046 corpus weight
- deleção
deleção
18,029 corpus weight
- derrapar
derrapar
18,025 corpus weight
- donne
donne
17,988 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “derrapar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | derrapar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “derrapar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
derrapar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,976 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(veículo de rodas) escorregar, deslizar".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for derrapar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is derrapar, spelled D-E-R-R-A-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1(veículo de rodas) escorregar, deslizar
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); 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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