dropar
The verdict
“dropar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,033 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,033
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deixar cair sobre, lançar sobre
Corpus desk
Index PT-dropar · dropar · Portuguese
dropar · rank #89,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,033
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH embolada
Nearest frequency peer: embolada (+13 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 “dropar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dropar
dropar
10,968 corpus weight
- embolada
embolada
10,955 corpus weight
- escuela
escuela
10,942 corpus weight
- esfregado
esfregado
10,939 corpus weight
- espoir
espoir
10,934 corpus weight
- estival
estival
10,925 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dropar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dropar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dropar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,033 among 1,193 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dropar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bomba dropada, ouviu-se um grande cabum!
Alguns inimigos no caminho podem dropar itens.
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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