desfigurar
/dɨʃ.fi.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“desfigurar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,802 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,802
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alterar a figura de
Corpus desk
Index PT-desfigurar · desfigurar · Portuguese
desfigurar · rank #82,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,802
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deslanchar
Nearest frequency peer: deslanchar (+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 “desfigurar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- czarina
czarina
17,221 corpus weight
- descalabro
descalabro
17,204 corpus weight
- desfigurar
desfigurar
17,199 corpus weight
- deslanchar
deslanchar
17,198 corpus weight
- desnaturado
desnaturado
17,196 corpus weight
- desordenados
desordenados
17,195 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desfigurar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desfigurar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.fi.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desfigurar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desfigurar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,802 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.fi.ɡu.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desfigurar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desfigurar, spelled D-E-S-F-I-G-U-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1alterar a figura de
- 2alterar o aspecto de
- 3adulterar
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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