despojar

/dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ/

//dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ// verb

The verdict

“despojar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,801 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,801
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desapossar

Corpus desk

Index PT-despojar · despojar · Portuguese

despojar · rank #91,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,801
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH despreocupação

Nearest frequency peer: despreocupação (+2 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 “despojar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for despojar
PropertyValue
Headworddespojar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “despojar” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “despreocupação” (#91,803), “deão” (#91,805), “desdentado” (#91,793). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “despojar” fica em #91,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

despojar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,801 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for despojar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is despojar, spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    desapossar
  2. 2
    privar da posse de

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 "despojar"?
"despojar" is spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ/.
What does "despojar" mean?
As a verb, "despojar" means: desapossar
How do you pronounce "despojar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despojar" is /dɨʃ.pu.ˈʒaɾ/. 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 "despojar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list