despejar

//dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,294

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

despejar is aPortugueseverb. It means: jogar fora (um líquido, por exemplo) de seu recipiente Pronounced /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Often confused with despesa and despejo.

Key facts for despejar
PropertyValue
Headworddespejar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,294
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for despejar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,294 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for despejar, with forms such as "ddespejar", "depsejar", and "desepjar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "despesa", "despejo", "despertar", and more, 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 despejar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jogar fora (um líquido, por exemplo) de seu recipiente
  2. 2
    verter, colocar
  3. 3
    efetuar um despejo

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despejar

Misspelling Variants of "despejar"

ddespejar9depsejar8desepjar8despeajr8despejarr9despejjar9despejra8despjear8
Misspelling Variants of "despejar"

Frequency rank: #23,294 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despejar"?
"despejar" is spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "despejar" mean?
As a verb, "despejar" means: jogar fora (um líquido, por exemplo) de seu recipiente
What words are commonly confused with "despejar"?
"despejar" is commonly confused with "despesa", "despejo", "despertar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despejar" is /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈʒaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despejar" come from?
"despejar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.