explodo

verb

The verdict

“explodo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,993 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,993
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo explodir

Corpus desk

Index PT-explodo · explodo · Portuguese

explodo · rank #70,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,993
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH faiança

Nearest frequency peer: faiança (+5 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 “explodo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for explodo
PropertyValue
Headwordexplodo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “explodo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).explodocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “faiança” (#70,998), “falcatrua” (#70,999), “flagrantemente” (#71,007). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “explodo” fica em #70,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

explodo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,993 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo explodir".

explodo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is explodo, spelled E-X-P-L-O-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo explodir

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vejo os cantos de sua boca se apertarem num sorrisinho satisfeito, e é nesse ponto que eu explodo.
  2. Eu explodo, mas, se estiver errado, vou e falo

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 "explodo"?
"explodo" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-D-O.
What does "explodo" mean?
As a verb, "explodo" means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo explodir
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "explodo", 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