degredo

noun

The verdict

“degredo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,900 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,900
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pena de exílio imposta judicialmente como punição de um crime grave

Corpus desk

Index PT-degredo · degredo · Portuguese

degredo · rank #54,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,900
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH decair

Nearest frequency peer: decair (-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 “degredo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for degredo
PropertyValue
Headworddegredo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,900
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “degredo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).degredocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “decair” (#54,897), “cómodo” (#54,893), “desamor” (#54,907). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “degredo” fica em #54,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

degredo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,900 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for degredo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 degredo, spelled D-E-G-R-E-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pena de exílio imposta judicialmente como punição de um crime grave
  2. 2
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) afastamento voluntário ou obrigatório de um contexto social
  3. 3
    (Derivação: por metonímia) local onde vive o degredado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Papéis avulsos

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 "degredo"?
"degredo" is spelled D-E-G-R-E-D-O.
What does "degredo" mean?
As a noun, "degredo" means: pena de exílio imposta judicialmente como punição de um crime grave
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list