desossar

verb

The verdict

“desossar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - remover os ossos

Corpus desk

Index PT-desossar · desossar · Portuguese

desossar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for desossar
PropertyValue
Headworddesossar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desossar” em português

desossarnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desossar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for desossar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is desossar, spelled D-E-S-O-S-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    remover os ossos
  2. 2
    desqualificar, fazer com que as impressões associadas a imagem pública de uma pessoa passem a ser negativas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how desossar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. desossar o frango
  2. ...surge a outra opção do marketing: tentar desossar o concorrente ao máximo.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desossar"?
"desossar" is spelled D-E-S-O-S-S-A-R.
What does "desossar" mean?
As a verb, "desossar" means: remover os ossos
What language does "desossar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list