estocar

verb

The verdict

“estocar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,069 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,069
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maldizer, praguejar, jurar contra algo ou alguém

Corpus desk

Index PT-estocar · estocar · Portuguese

estocar · rank #51,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,069
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH estiva

Nearest frequency peer: estiva (-1 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 “estocar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estocar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estocar
PropertyValue
Headwordestocar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estocar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).estocarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estiva” (#51,068), “etílico” (#51,070), “eus” (#51,071). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estocar” fica em #51,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estocar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,069 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

estocar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is estocar, spelled E-S-T-O-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    maldizer, praguejar, jurar contra algo ou alguém
  2. 2
    irritar-se, encolerizar-se
  3. 3
    comprometer-se a, prometer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how estocar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Estoquei-me". (comprometi-me).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estocar"?
"estocar" is spelled E-S-T-O-C-A-R.
What does "estocar" mean?
As a verb, "estocar" means: maldizer, praguejar, jurar contra algo ou alguém
What language does "estocar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estocar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list