secar

//sɨ.ˈkaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,684

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

secar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer evaporar a umidade de Pronounced /sɨ.ˈkaɾ/. It ranks #8,684 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ser and seja.

Key facts for secar
PropertyValue
Headwordsecar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɨ.ˈkaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,684
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of secar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for secar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,684 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for secar, with forms such as "escar", "scear", and "seacr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ser", "seja", "será", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is secar, spelled S-E-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer evaporar a umidade de
  2. 2
    enxugar
  3. 3
    fazer cessar
  4. 4
    maçar
  5. 5
    emanar supostamente influência sobrenatural de modo a fazer com o sucesso de algo seja impedido de ocorrer
  6. 6
    manter-se olhando demoradamente aquilo que desperta intenso desejo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: escar,scear,seacr,secarr,seccar,secra,ssecar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for secar

Misspelling Variants of "secar"

escar5scear5seacr5secarr6seccar6secra5ssecar6
Misspelling Variants of "secar"

Frequency rank: #8,684 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secar"?
"secar" is spelled S-E-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "secar" mean?
As a verb, "secar" means: fazer evaporar a umidade de
What words are commonly confused with "secar"?
"secar" is commonly confused with "ser", "seja", "será". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secar" is /sɨ.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secar" come from?
"secar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.