roçar

/Ru.ˈsaɾ/

//Ru.ˈsaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“roçar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,005 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,005
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar com a roçadeira

Corpus desk

Index PT-rocar · roçar · Portuguese

roçar · rank #53,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,005
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH roja

Nearest frequency peer: roja (-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 “roçar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for roçar
PropertyValue
Headwordroçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Ru.ˈsaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,005
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “roçar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).roçarcai 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: “roja” (#53,002), “sacarose” (#53,009), “rijo” (#52,998). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “roçar” fica em #53,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roçar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,005 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /Ru.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roçar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is roçar, spelled R-O-Ç-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    cortar com a roçadeira
  2. 2
    cortar rente
  3. 3
    passar junto de
  4. 4
    friccionar

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 "roçar"?
"roçar" is spelled R-O-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Ru.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "roçar" mean?
As a verb, "roçar" means: cortar com a roçadeira
How do you pronounce "roçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roçar" is /Ru.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roçar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

talho#53,051tátil#53,077apuro#53,142glacê#52,769

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list