desamparado
The verdict
“desamparado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,251 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,251
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sem amparo; sem proteção
Corpus desk
Index PT-desamparado · desamparado · Portuguese
desamparado · rank #53,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,251
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desarticular
Nearest frequency peer: desarticular (+2 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 “desamparado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cristalizaç…
cristalização
46,761 corpus weight
- cágado
cágado
46,757 corpus weight
- desamparado
desamparado
46,750 corpus weight
- desarticular
desarticular
46,748 corpus weight
- descolagem
descolagem
46,743 corpus weight
- desejoso
desejoso
46,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desamparado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desamparado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desamparado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desamparado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,251 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sem amparo; sem proteção".
No generated misspelling entries exist for desamparado in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is desamparado, spelled D-E-S-A-M-P-A-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1sem amparo; sem proteção
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desamparado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas o país está muito longe daquele que foi deixado desamparado quando seu benfeitor de longa data, a União Soviética, entrou em colapso, a partir de 1989.
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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