desembocar

/dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ/

//dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“desembocar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,495 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,495
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desaguar

Corpus desk

Index PT-desembocar · desembocar · Portuguese

desembocar · rank #85,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,495
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desconcentrar

Nearest frequency peer: desconcentrar (-1 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 “desembocar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desembocar
PropertyValue
Headworddesembocar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desembocar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).desembocarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desconcentrar” (#85,494), “desarrumar” (#85,492), “desarmonia” (#85,491). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desembocar” fica em #85,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desembocar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,495 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desembocar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 desembocar, spelled D-E-S-E-M-B-O-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    desaguar
  2. 2
    terminar

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 "desembocar"?
"desembocar" is spelled D-E-S-E-M-B-O-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "desembocar" mean?
As a verb, "desembocar" means: desaguar
How do you pronounce "desembocar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desembocar" is /dɨ.zẽ.bu.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desembocar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

desarrumar#85,492desarmonia#85,491desfalecer#85,499desfaçatez#85,500

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list