desbravar
/dɨʒ.bɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/
The verdict
“desbravar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,780 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,780
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tornar manso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desbravar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʒ.bɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desbravar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
desbravar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,780 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʒ.bɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desbravar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is desbravar, spelled D-E-S-B-R-A-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar manso
- 2pôr um terreno em estado de ser cultivado
- 3descobrir
- 4explorar
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 “desbravar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-B-R-A-V-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨʒ.bɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.