dropar
The verdict
“dropar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,033 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,033
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deixar cair sobre, lançar sobre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dropar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dropar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dropar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,033 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dropar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is dropar, spelled D-R-O-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1deixar cair sobre, lançar sobre
- 2deixar cair
- 3surfar (uma onda)
- 4fazer o ato de deslocar-se estando em cima de skate sobre algo a partir de sua parte alta, como parte de percurso
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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Using “dropar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-R-O-P-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.