tropeçar

/tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ/

//tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“tropeçar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,052
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - topar com; esbarrar

Corpus desk

Index PT-tropecar · tropeçar · Portuguese

tropeçar · rank #28,052 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,052
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH turbilhão

Nearest frequency peer: turbilhão (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “tropeçar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “tropeçar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tropeçar vs tropical
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tropeçar
PropertyValue
Headwordtropeçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,052
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tropeçar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tropeçarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “turbilhão” (#28,053), “tridimensional” (#28,050), “tártaro” (#28,054). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tropeçar” fica em #28,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around tropeçar (IPA /tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,052 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tropeçar, with forms such as "rtopeçar", "torpeçar", and "troepçar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tropical", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tropeçar, spelled T-R-O-P-E-Ç-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    topar com; esbarrar
  2. 2
    cometer um erro (por exemplo numa conversa ou em sua conduta)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tropeçar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tropeçou na soleira da porta e caiu.
  2. Na pressa, tropecei nas palavras e não me fiz entender pela audiência.

This word in other languages

trip(English)tropezar(Español)buter(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtopeçar
  • torpeçar
  • troepçar
  • tropeaçr
  • tropeçarr
  • tropeçra
  • troppeçar
  • tropçear
  • trpoeçar
  • trropeçar
  • ttropeçar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tropeçar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtopeçar2torpeçar2troepçar2tropeaçr2tropeçarr1tropeçra2troppeçar1tropçear2
Edit distance from "tropeçar"

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 "tropeçar"?
"tropeçar" is spelled T-R-O-P-E-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "tropeçar" mean?
As a verb, "tropeçar" means: topar com; esbarrar
What words are commonly confused with "tropeçar"?
"tropeçar" is commonly confused with "tropical". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tropeçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tropeçar" is /tɾu.pɨ.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tropeçar" come from?
"tropeçar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

repousar#28,007cidadela#28,126partição#27,964oprimido#27,956

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

obsessivo11 variantsmedalhão11 variantsevidence11 variantsintrusão11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list