exasperar
/i.zɐʃ.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“exasperar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar mais áspero
Corpus desk
Index PT-exasperar · exasperar · Portuguese
exasperar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exasperar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /i.zɐʃ.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exasperar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
exasperar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /i.zɐʃ.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exasperar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is exasperar, spelled E-X-A-S-P-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar mais áspero
- 2irritar
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