despejar
/dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“despejar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,294
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jogar fora (um líquido, por exemplo) de seu recipiente
Corpus desk
Index PT-despejar · despejar · Portuguese
despejar · rank #23,294 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,294
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH disque
Nearest frequency peer: disque (+4 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “despejar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- defunto
defunto
76,714 corpus weight
- deluxe
deluxe
76,713 corpus weight
- despejar
despejar
76,707 corpus weight
- disque
disque
76,703 corpus weight
- done
done
76,702 corpus weight
- duck
duck
76,699 corpus weight
What this shows “despejar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “despejar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around despejar (IPA /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,294 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for despejar, with forms such as "ddespejar", "depsejar", and "desepjar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "despesa", "despejo", "despertar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is despejar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1jogar fora (um líquido, por exemplo) de seu recipiente
- 2verter, colocar
- 3efetuar um despejo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how despejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A operadora de uma usina nuclear japonesa danificada começou a oferecer "dinheiro de condolência" nesta terça-feira, 5, às vítimas da pior crise nuclear desde Chernobyl enquanto continua a despejar água radioativa no mar.
A confiança externa no país tem constantemente crescido, e empresas estrangeiras de mineração e petróleo se preparam para despejar bilhões de dólares no país para desenvolver seus recursos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddespejar
- depsejar
- desepjar
- despeajr
- despejarr
- despejjar
- despejra
- despjear
- desppejar
- desspejar
- dsepejar
- edspejar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despejar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "despejar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).