detetar
/dɨ.tɛ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“detetar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,478 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,478
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que detectar
Corpus desk
Index PT-detetar · detetar · Portuguese
detetar · rank #63,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,478
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desgostoso
Nearest frequency peer: desgostoso (-6 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 “detetar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- desgostoso
desgostoso
36,529 corpus weight
- detetar
detetar
36,523 corpus weight
- dramatizar
dramatizar
36,514 corpus weight
- een
een
36,509 corpus weight
- efervescente
efervescente
36,508 corpus weight
- empacotar
empacotar
36,505 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “detetar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | detetar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.tɛ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “detetar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
detetar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,478 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.tɛ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que detectar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for detetar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is detetar, spelled D-E-T-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que detectar
This word in other languages
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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