despontar

verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,943

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

despontar is aPortugueseverb. It means: quebrar ou remover a ponta Often confused with despertar and descontar.

Key facts for despontar
PropertyValue
Headworddespontar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,943
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for despontar is 9 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #41,943 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for despontar, with forms such as "ddespontar", "depsontar", and "desopntar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "despertar", "descontar", "desmontar", 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 despontar, spelled D-E-S-P-O-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    quebrar ou remover a ponta
  2. 2
    gastar a ponta, tornar-se arredondado
  3. 3
    ficar sem fico ou gume
  4. 4
    começar a surgir
  5. 5
    começar a fazer sucesso
  6. 6
    lembrar, vir à mente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespontar,depsontar,desopntar,despnotar,desponatr,desponntar,despontarr,despontra,desponttar,despotnar,desppontar,desspontar,dsepontar,edspontar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despontar

Misspelling Variants of "despontar"

ddespontar10depsontar9desopntar9despnotar9desponatr9desponntar10despontarr10despontra9
Misspelling Variants of "despontar"

Frequency rank: #41,943 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despontar"?
"despontar" is spelled D-E-S-P-O-N-T-A-R.
What does "despontar" mean?
As a verb, "despontar" means: quebrar ou remover a ponta
What words are commonly confused with "despontar"?
"despontar" is commonly confused with "despertar", "descontar", "desmontar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "despontar" come from?
"despontar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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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.