despedaçar

/dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ/

//dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ// verb

The verdict

“despedaçar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,422 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,422
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer em pedaços

Corpus desk

Index PT-despedacar · despedaçar · Portuguese

despedaçar · rank #65,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,422
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desintoxicar

Nearest frequency peer: desintoxicar (-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 “despedaçar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for despedaçar
PropertyValue
Headworddespedaçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “despedaçar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).despedaçarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desintoxicar” (#65,417), “dinar” (#65,429), “desandar” (#65,411). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “despedaçar” fica em #65,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

despedaçar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,422 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fazer em pedaços".

No generated misspelling entries exist for despedaçar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is despedaçar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-A-Ç-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer em pedaços

Synonyms

destroçaresbandalharesmigalharespatifarestilhaçarquebrarromper

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 "despedaçar"?
"despedaçar" is spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-A-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "despedaçar" mean?
As a verb, "despedaçar" means: fazer em pedaços
How do you pronounce "despedaçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despedaçar" is /dɨʃ.pɨ.dɐ.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list