excretar

verb

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The verdict

“excretar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expelir

Corpus desk

Index PT-excretar · excretar · Portuguese

excretar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for excretar
PropertyValue
Headwordexcretar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “excretar” sits in Portuguese frequency

excretar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excretar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for excretar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is excretar, spelled E-X-C-R-E-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    expelir
  2. 2
    expulsar
  3. 3
    expurgar
  4. 4
    defecar, evacuar (o excremento)
  5. 5
    pôr para fora
  6. 6
    expulsar substâncias produzidas em glândulas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vou excretar esse sentimento de mim.
  2. O pus é uma substância esverdeada excretada de uma ferida inflamada.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excretar"?
"excretar" is spelled E-X-C-R-E-T-A-R.
What does "excretar" mean?
As a verb, "excretar" means: expelir
What language does "excretar" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list