desmembrar
/dɨʒ.mẽ.ˈbɾaɾ/
The verdict
“desmembrar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,349 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,349
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar os membros de um corpo
Corpus desk
Index PT-desmembrar · desmembrar · Portuguese
desmembrar · rank #54,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,349
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deer
Nearest frequency peer: deer (-20 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 “desmembrar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- couraça
couraça
45,683 corpus weight
- crina
crina
45,679 corpus weight
- deer
deer
45,672 corpus weight
- desmembrar
desmembrar
45,652 corpus weight
- drástico
drástico
45,628 corpus weight
- element
element
45,625 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desmembrar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desmembrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʒ.mẽ.ˈbɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desmembrar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desmembrar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,349 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʒ.mẽ.ˈbɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for desmembrar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desmembrar, spelled D-E-S-M-E-M-B-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1cortar os membros de um corpo
- 2desarticular
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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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