ocultar

//ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,869

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

ocultar is aPortugueseverb. It means: não deixar ver; não mostrar; não revelar Pronounced /ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Often confused with ocupar and oculto.

Key facts for ocultar
PropertyValue
Headwordocultar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,869
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ocultar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ocultar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,869 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ocultar, with forms such as "coultar", "occultar", and "oclutar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ocupar", "oculto", "ocular", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ocultar, spelled O-C-U-L-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    não deixar ver; não mostrar; não revelar
  2. 2
    calar; disfarçar; dissimular; encobrir; esconder; guardar; sonegar; tapar;
  3. 3
    esconder-se; retrair-se

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: coultar,occultar,oclutar,oculatr,oculltar,ocultarr,ocultra,oculttar,ocutlar,oucltar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ocultar

Misspelling Variants of "ocultar"

coultar7occultar8oclutar7oculatr7oculltar8ocultarr8ocultra7oculttar8
Misspelling Variants of "ocultar"

Frequency rank: #15,869 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ocultar"?
"ocultar" is spelled O-C-U-L-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "ocultar" mean?
As a verb, "ocultar" means: não deixar ver; não mostrar; não revelar
What words are commonly confused with "ocultar"?
"ocultar" is commonly confused with "ocupar", "oculto", "ocular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ocultar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocultar" is /ɔ.kuɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ocultar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.