rapar
/Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/
The verdict
“rapar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,626 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,626
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desgastar ou tirar raspando
Corpus desk
Index PT-rapar · rapar · Portuguese
rapar · rank #54,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,626
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH quilate
Nearest frequency peer: quilate (-3 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 “rapar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- previsibili…
previsibilidade
45,388 corpus weight
- quilate
quilate
45,378 corpus weight
- rapar
rapar
45,375 corpus weight
- recognition
recognition
45,370 corpus weight
- recupero
recupero
45,367 corpus weight
- reiteradame…
reiteradamente
45,365 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rapar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rapar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rapar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rapar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,626 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /Rɐ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
rapar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is rapar, spelled R-A-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1desgastar ou tirar raspando
- 2roçar
- 3cortar rente
Synonyms
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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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