desintoxicar

/dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ/

//dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ// verb

The verdict

“desintoxicar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,417 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,417
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - retirar(-se) os malefícios da intoxicação

Corpus desk

Index PT-desintoxicar · desintoxicar · Portuguese

desintoxicar · rank #65,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,417
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH despedaçar

Nearest frequency peer: despedaçar (+5 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 “desintoxicar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desintoxicar
PropertyValue
Headworddesintoxicar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desintoxicar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).desintoxicarcai 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: “despedaçar” (#65,422), “desandar” (#65,411), “dinar” (#65,429). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desintoxicar” fica em #65,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desintoxicar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,417 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for desintoxicar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is desintoxicar, spelled D-E-S-I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    retirar(-se) os malefícios da intoxicação
  2. 2
    empregar(-se) toxinas ou antitoxinas para imunizar(-se) contra doenças e substâncias tóxicas
  3. 3
    desenvenenar(-se)

Synonyms

destoxificar

Antonyms

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 "desintoxicar"?
"desintoxicar" is spelled D-E-S-I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "desintoxicar" mean?
As a verb, "desintoxicar" means: retirar(-se) os malefícios da intoxicação
How do you pronounce "desintoxicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desintoxicar" is /dɨ.zĩ.tɔ.ksi.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desintoxicar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list