# despistar

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #38,225

## Definitions
1. fazer testes para determinar se uma pessoa tem alguma doença
2. fazer perder a pista

## Easily confused with
- **despontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/despistar-vs-despontar)
- **desistir** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desistir-vs-despistar)
- **despertar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/despertar-vs-despistar)
- **desgastar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desgastar-vs-despistar)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddespistar`, `depsistar`, `desipstar`, `despisatr`, `despisstar`, `despistarr`, `despistra`, `despisttar`, `despitsar`, `desppistar`, `despsitar`, `desspistar`, `dsepistar`, `edspistar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/despistar