derrubar

//dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,305

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

derrubar is aPortugueseverb. It means: abater; fazer cair; pôr abaixo; deitar por terra Pronounced /dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ/. It ranks #4,305 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with derrotar and derramar.

Key facts for derrubar
PropertyValue
Headwordderrubar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,305
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of derrubar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for derrubar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,305 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for derrubar, with forms such as "dderrubar", "derrbuar", and "derruabr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "derrotar", "derramar", "debruçar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is derrubar, spelled D-E-R-R-U-B-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    abater; fazer cair; pôr abaixo; deitar por terra
  2. 2
    deixar cair ou pender
  3. 3
    destituir
  4. 4
    abater as forças; extenuar
  5. 5
    destruir
  6. 6
    dominar, vencer

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dderrubar,derrbuar,derruabr,derrubarr,derrubbar,derrubra,derubar,derurbar,drerubar,edrrubar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for derrubar

Misspelling Variants of "derrubar"

dderrubar9derrbuar8derruabr8derrubarr9derrubbar9derrubra8derubar7derurbar8
Misspelling Variants of "derrubar"

Frequency rank: #4,305 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "derrubar"?
"derrubar" is spelled D-E-R-R-U-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ/.
What does "derrubar" mean?
As a verb, "derrubar" means: abater; fazer cair; pôr abaixo; deitar por terra
What words are commonly confused with "derrubar"?
"derrubar" is commonly confused with "derrotar", "derramar", "debruçar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "derrubar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "derrubar" is /dɨ.Ru.ˈbaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "derrubar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.