rabiscar
/Rɐ.biʃ.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“rabiscar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #58,744 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #58,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (transitivo direto e intransitivo) fazer rabiscos (risco) em; cobrir de rabiscos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabiscar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɐ.biʃ.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rabiscar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rabiscar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɐ.biʃ.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,744 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for rabiscar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rabiscar, spelled R-A-B-I-S-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1(transitivo direto e intransitivo) fazer rabiscos (risco) em; cobrir de rabiscos.
- 2(transitivo direto) escrever (algo) de forma pouco ou nada legível; garatujar.
- 3(transitivo direto) escrever rapidamente; escrevinhar.
- 4(transitivo direto) dar forma escrita a (algo).
- 5(transitivo direto) desenhar (algo) de maneira tosca; garatujar.
- 6(transitivo direto) fazer o desenho de.
Synonyms
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 “rabiscar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-B-I-S-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɐ.biʃ.ˈkaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.