usurpar
/u.zuɾ.ˈpaɾ/
The verdict
“usurpar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,642 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,642
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apoderar-se astuciosa ou violentamente de uma coisa de que alguém legitimamente usufruiu ou que lhe pertence; alcançar sem direito; adquirir por fraude
Corpus desk
Index PT-usurpar · usurpar · Portuguese
usurpar · rank #53,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,642
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH utilizável
Nearest frequency peer: utilizável (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “usurpar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tabuada
tabuada
46,387 corpus weight
- terciário
terciário
46,379 corpus weight
- usurpar
usurpar
46,359 corpus weight
- utilizável
utilizável
46,358 corpus weight
- uzi
uzi
46,357 corpus weight
- vittoria
vittoria
46,350 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “usurpar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usurpar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /u.zuɾ.ˈpaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “usurpar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
usurpar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,642 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /u.zuɾ.ˈpaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
usurpar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is usurpar, spelled U-S-U-R-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1apoderar-se astuciosa ou violentamente de uma coisa de que alguém legitimamente usufruiu ou que lhe pertence; alcançar sem direito; adquirir por fraude
- 2exercer de modo indevido; assumir ilicitamente
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usurpar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ou como vamos protestar se algum país usurpar as variedades de plantas patenteadas pela Embrapa para alimentar suas populações?
Usurpar uma função pública.
This word in other languages
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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