massacrar
/mɐ.sɐ.ˈkɾaɾ/
The verdict
“massacrar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #37,415 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #37,415
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - matar em massa, em grande quantidade, de forma cruel; chacinar:
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | massacrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɐ.sɐ.ˈkɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “massacrar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for massacrar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.sɐ.ˈkɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,415 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for massacrar, with forms such as "amssacrar", "masascrar", and "massacarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mascarar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 massacrar, spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1matar em massa, em grande quantidade, de forma cruel; chacinar:
- 2aborrecer, chatear, importunar:
- 3ganhar por grande diferença pontual:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amssacrar,masascrar,massacarr,massaccrar,massacrarr,massacrra,massacrrar,massarcar,mmassacrar,msasacrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of massacrar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “massacrar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-S-S-A-C-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐ.sɐ.ˈkɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mascarar” - see the side-by-side comparison. massacrar vs mascarar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.