demérito
/dɨ.ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/
The verdict
“demérito” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,113 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,113
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não tem merecimento, que perdeu o merecimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-demerito · demérito · Portuguese
demérito · rank #73,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,113
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH curo
Nearest frequency peer: curo (-6 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 “demérito”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- coupe
coupe
26,906 corpus weight
- curo
curo
26,894 corpus weight
- demérito
demérito
26,888 corpus weight
- descomplicar
descomplicar
26,877 corpus weight
- desenlace
desenlace
26,873 corpus weight
- diciembre
diciembre
26,864 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “demérito” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demérito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “demérito” em português
Rare enough to double-check
demérito is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,113 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨ.ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que não tem merecimento, que perdeu o merecimento".
demérito 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is demérito, spelled D-E-M-É-R-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1que não tem merecimento, que perdeu o merecimento
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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