explanar
The verdict
“explanar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,143 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,143
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - narrar minuciosamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-explanar · explanar · Portuguese
explanar · rank #68,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,143
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH extremely
Nearest frequency peer: extremely (+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 “explanar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- explanar
explanar
31,858 corpus weight
- extremely
extremely
31,857 corpus weight
- feirante
feirante
31,851 corpus weight
- fisgada
fisgada
31,848 corpus weight
- formativo
formativo
31,846 corpus weight
- fortíssimos
fortíssimos
31,845 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “explanar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explanar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “explanar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
explanar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,143 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for explanar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is explanar, spelled E-X-P-L-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1narrar minuciosamente
- 2fazer exposição verbal
- 3tornar plano, claro, fácil, inteligível, quer explicando desenvolvidamente, quer expondo:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how explanar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
explanar um caso.
A estudante explanou o texto de Guimarães Rosa
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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