despencar
The verdict
“despencar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,675 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,675
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arrancar penca ou pencas a ou de
Corpus desk
Index PT-despencar · despencar · Portuguese
despencar · rank #52,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,675
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH diretivo
Nearest frequency peer: diretivo (+7 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 “despencar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cruzeirense
cruzeirense
47,348 corpus weight
- decentemente
decentemente
47,340 corpus weight
- despencar
despencar
47,326 corpus weight
- diretivo
diretivo
47,319 corpus weight
- divinamente
divinamente
47,314 corpus weight
- drowned
drowned
47,310 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “despencar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despencar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “despencar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
despencar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,675 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
despencar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is despencar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-N-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1arrancar penca ou pencas a ou de
- 2desnarigar
- 3cair desastradamente de grande altura
- 4despenhar-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how despencar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Referência para o mercado americano, o índice Dow Jones despencou quase 7%, no maior tombo porcentual em quase três meses.
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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