expungir
The verdict
“expungir” 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 September 3, 2026) - fazer desaparecer (uma escrita) para substituí-la por outra; apagar, delir, eliminar
Corpus desk
Index PT-expungir · expungir · Portuguese
expungir · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expungir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “expungir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
expungir is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for expungir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is expungir, spelled E-X-P-U-N-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1fazer desaparecer (uma escrita) para substituí-la por outra; apagar, delir, eliminar
- 2limpar, isentar, livrar:
- 3eliminar, derriscar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expungir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expungiu de remorsos a consciência
“Enquanto os estranhos não houverem conseguido apagar do mapa estes dois nomes gloriosos, não poderão a seu salvo expungir dos fatos modernos a memória dos nossos descobrimentos”
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.