destapar

/dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ/

//dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“destapar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - descobrir ou abrir o que estava tapado

Corpus desk

Index PT-destapar · destapar · Portuguese

destapar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for destapar
PropertyValue
Headworddestapar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “destapar” sits in Portuguese frequency

destapar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

destapar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "descobrir ou abrir o que estava tapado".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for destapar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is destapar, spelled D-E-S-T-A-P-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    descobrir ou abrir o que estava tapado

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "destapar"?
"destapar" is spelled D-E-S-T-A-P-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ/.
What does "destapar" mean?
As a verb, "destapar" means: descobrir ou abrir o que estava tapado
How do you pronounce "destapar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destapar" is /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈpaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destapar" come from?
"destapar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list