pipocar

verb

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The verdict

“pipocar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,795 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,795
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - produzir barulho de estouro como pipoca

Corpus desk

Index PT-pipocar · pipocar · Portuguese

pipocar · rank #51,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,795
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH planador

Nearest frequency peer: planador (+4 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 “pipocar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pipocar
PropertyValue
Headwordpipocar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,795
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pipocar” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “planador” (#51,799), “peteca” (#51,790), “pochete” (#51,800). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pipocar” fica em #51,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pipocar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,795 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pipocar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pipocar, spelled P-I-P-O-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    produzir barulho de estouro como pipoca
  2. 2
    acovardar-se
  3. 3
    ficar nervoso e desestabilizado emocionalmente sob pressão durante uma atividade a realizando de forma muito mal ou ineficientemente
  4. 4
    aparecer subitamente
  5. 5
    ferver em bolhas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Os fogos de artifício pipocaram a noite toda.
  2. O jogador pipocou na final.

Synonyms

amarelarbotafogar

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 "pipocar"?
"pipocar" is spelled P-I-P-O-C-A-R.
What does "pipocar" mean?
As a verb, "pipocar" means: produzir barulho de estouro como pipoca
What language does "pipocar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pipocar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pochete#51,800panther#51,773palhaça#51,771querela#51,823

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list