desatento
/dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/
The verdict
“desatento” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #66,121 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #66,121
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não possui atenção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desatento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desatento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for desatento is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,121 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desatento, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 desatento, spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1que não possui atenção
- 2que demonstra distração ou desinteresse; distraído
- 3que não presta atenção naquilo que vê, escuta ou faz por estar concentrado em outras coisas; desinteressado
- 4que demonstra falta de atenção, distração
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Antonyms
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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Using “desatento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-A-T-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.