ocorrer
/ɔ.ku.ˈReɾ/
The verdict
“ocorrer” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,330 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,330
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - acontecer
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 | ocorrer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɔ.ku.ˈReɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ocorrer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ocorrer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.ku.ˈReɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,330 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ocorrer, with forms such as "coorrer", "occorrer", and "ocorerr". 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, "ocorre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ocorrer, spelled O-C-O-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1acontecer
- 2passar pela cabeça
- 3regressar à lembrança, vir à mente
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: coorrer,occorrer,ocorerr,ocorrerr,ocorrre,ocrorer,oocrrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ocorrer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ocorrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-C-O-R-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔ.ku.ˈReɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ocorre” - see the side-by-side comparison. ocorrer vs ocorre
- 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.