desocupar

verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,293

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

desocupar is aPortugueseverb. It means: sair; liberar ou vagar algo que estava ocupado Often confused with desculpar and desocupado.

Key facts for desocupar
PropertyValue
Headworddesocupar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,293
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desocupar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desocupar is 9 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #45,293 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for desocupar, with forms such as "ddesocupar", "deoscupar", and "descoupar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desculpar", "desocupado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is desocupar, spelled D-E-S-O-C-U-P-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sair; liberar ou vagar algo que estava ocupado
  2. 2
    deixar, abandonar, renunciar
  3. 3
    esvaziar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesocupar,deoscupar,descoupar,desoccupar,desocpuar,desocuapr,desocuparr,desocuppar,desocupra,desoucpar,dessocupar,dseocupar,edsocupar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desocupar

Misspelling Variants of "desocupar"

ddesocupar10deoscupar9descoupar9desoccupar10desocpuar9desocuapr9desocuparr10desocuppar10
Misspelling Variants of "desocupar"

Frequency rank: #45,293 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desocupar"?
"desocupar" is spelled D-E-S-O-C-U-P-A-R.
What does "desocupar" mean?
As a verb, "desocupar" means: sair; liberar ou vagar algo que estava ocupado
What words are commonly confused with "desocupar"?
"desocupar" is commonly confused with "desculpar", "desocupado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "desocupar" come from?
"desocupar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.