desaprovar

/dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/

//dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ// verb

The verdict

“desaprovar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,868 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,868
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não aprovar

Corpus desk

Index PT-desaprovar · desaprovar · Portuguese

desaprovar · rank #73,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,868
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH depravado

Nearest frequency peer: depravado (-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 “desaprovar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desaprovar
PropertyValue
Headworddesaprovar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desaprovar” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “depravado” (#73,865), “deflagrar” (#73,861), “decálogo” (#73,857). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desaprovar” fica em #73,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desaprovar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,868 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for desaprovar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is desaprovar, spelled D-E-S-A-P-R-O-V-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    não aprovar
  2. 2
    desperdiçar
  3. 3
    censurar

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 "desaprovar"?
"desaprovar" is spelled D-E-S-A-P-R-O-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/.
What does "desaprovar" mean?
As a verb, "desaprovar" means: não aprovar
How do you pronounce "desaprovar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desaprovar" is /dɨ.zɐ.pɾu.ˈvaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desaprovar" come from?
"desaprovar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list