repatriar

/Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ/

//Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ// verb

The verdict

“repatriar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,506 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,506
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer retornar à pátria ou voltar à pátria por vontade própria

Corpus desk

Index PT-repatriar · repatriar · Portuguese

repatriar · rank #73,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,506
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH recapitular

Nearest frequency peer: recapitular (-17 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 “repatriar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for repatriar
PropertyValue
Headwordrepatriar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “repatriar” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “recapitular” (#73,489), “realístico” (#73,488), “possesso” (#73,466). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “repatriar” fica em #73,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

repatriar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,506 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fazer retornar à pátria ou voltar à pátria por vontade própria".

repatriar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is repatriar, spelled R-E-P-A-T-R-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer retornar à pátria ou voltar à pátria por vontade própria

Antonyms

ablegarbanirexpatriarproscreverrelegar

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 "repatriar"?
"repatriar" is spelled R-E-P-A-T-R-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ/.
What does "repatriar" mean?
As a verb, "repatriar" means: fazer retornar à pátria ou voltar à pátria por vontade própria
How do you pronounce "repatriar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repatriar" is /Rɨ.pɐ.ˈtɾjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repatriar" come from?
"repatriar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list