desatento

/dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/

//dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu// adj

The verdict

“desatento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,121 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,121
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-desatento · desatento · Portuguese

desatento · rank #66,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,121
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH dento

Nearest frequency peer: dento (-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 “desatento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desatento
PropertyValue
Headworddesatento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desatento” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.desatentocai 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: “dento” (#66,118), “deglutição” (#66,115), “deteção” (#66,129). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desatento” fica em #66,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desatento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,121 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    que não possui atenção
  2. 2
    que demonstra distração ou desinteresse; distraído
  3. 3
    que não presta atenção naquilo que vê, escuta ou faz por estar concentrado em outras coisas; desinteressado
  4. 4
    que demonstra falta de atenção, distração

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desatento"?
"desatento" is spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/.
What does "desatento" mean?
As an adjective, "desatento" means: que não possui atenção
How do you pronounce "desatento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desatento" is /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desatento" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list