de acordo com

phrase

The verdict

“de acordo com” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conforme, segundo

Key facts for de acordo com
PropertyValue
Headwordde acordo com
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “de acordo com” sits in Portuguese frequency

de acordo com falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

de acordo com is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

de acordo com doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is de acordo com, spelled D-E- -A-C-O-R-D-O- -C-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    conforme, segundo
  2. 2
    em conformidade com

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de acordo com"?
"de acordo com" is spelled D-E- -A-C-O-R-D-O- -C-O-M.
What does "de acordo com" mean?
As a phrase, "de acordo com" means: conforme, segundo
What language does "de acordo com" come from?
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Using “de acordo com”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E- -A-C-O-R-D-O- -C-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list