descomplicar

verb

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The verdict

“descomplicar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,124 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,124
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar menos ou nada complicado, tornar simples:

Corpus desk

Index PT-descomplicar · descomplicar · Portuguese

descomplicar · rank #73,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,124
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desenlace

Nearest frequency peer: desenlace (+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 “descomplicar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “descomplicar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for descomplicar
PropertyValue
Headworddescomplicar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,124
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “descomplicar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.descomplicarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desenlace” (#73,128), “demérito” (#73,113), “diciembre” (#73,137). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “descomplicar” fica em #73,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

descomplicar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,124 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tornar menos ou nada complicado, tornar simples:".

descomplicar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is descomplicar, spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar menos ou nada complicado, tornar simples:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how descomplicar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Normas boas são as que descomplicam o cotidiano.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descomplicar"?
"descomplicar" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-R.
What does "descomplicar" mean?
As a verb, "descomplicar" means: tornar menos ou nada complicado, tornar simples:
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "descomplicar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list