despoletar
/dɨʃ.pu.lɨ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“despoletar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,679 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,679
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desarmar a espoleta
Corpus desk
Index PT-despoletar · despoletar · Portuguese
despoletar · rank #71,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,679
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dificílimo
Nearest frequency peer: dificílimo (+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 “despoletar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- crisântemo
crisântemo
28,355 corpus weight
- datilografia
datilografia
28,345 corpus weight
- despoletar
despoletar
28,322 corpus weight
- dificílimo
dificílimo
28,315 corpus weight
- ease
ease
28,294 corpus weight
- ecletismo
ecletismo
28,293 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “despoletar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despoletar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.pu.lɨ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “despoletar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
despoletar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,679 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.pu.lɨ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for despoletar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is despoletar, spelled D-E-S-P-O-L-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1desarmar a espoleta
- 2dar início (a execução de uma rotina dentro de uma programação)
Synonyms
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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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