expedir
/ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdiɾ/
The verdict
“expedir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,549 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,549
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enviar algo (principalmente por correio)
Corpus desk
Index PT-expedir · expedir · Portuguese
expedir · rank #61,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,549
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esparadrapo
Nearest frequency peer: esparadrapo (-12 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 “expedir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esbranquiça…
esbranquiçado
38,471 corpus weight
- esparadrapo
esparadrapo
38,464 corpus weight
- expedir
expedir
38,452 corpus weight
- figurativo
figurativo
38,438 corpus weight
- fiorde
fiorde
38,434 corpus weight
- footage
footage
38,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “expedir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expedir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdiɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “expedir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
expedir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,549 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for expedir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is expedir, spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1enviar algo (principalmente por correio)
- 2enviar alguém
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how expedir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expediu um funcionário para receber o visitante.
This word in other languages
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).