destituir
/dɨʃ.ti.ˈtwiɾ/
The verdict
“destituir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,095 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - privar, demitir, exonerar (alguém ou a si mesmo) de dignidade, emprego, cargo ou função
Corpus desk
Index PT-destituir · destituir · Portuguese
destituir · rank #52,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,095
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desmarcar
Nearest frequency peer: desmarcar (-4 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 “destituir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- descuidado
descuidado
47,915 corpus weight
- desmarcar
desmarcar
47,910 corpus weight
- destituir
destituir
47,906 corpus weight
- discente
discente
47,900 corpus weight
- disenteria
disenteria
47,899 corpus weight
- dissera
dissera
47,894 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “destituir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destituir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.ti.ˈtwiɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “destituir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
destituir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,095 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.ti.ˈtwiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for destituir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is destituir, spelled D-E-S-T-I-T-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1privar, demitir, exonerar (alguém ou a si mesmo) de dignidade, emprego, cargo ou função
- 2despojar (alguém ou a si mesmo) da posse de (algo); privar(-se), desapossar(-se)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how destituir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O funcionário foi destituído de seu cargo após comprovadas as irregularidades que cometeu durante o exercício desse.
Destituiu-se de seu cargo.
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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