desburocratização

/dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/

//dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw// noun

The verdict

“desburocratização” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,108 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,108
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de reduzir ou eliminar a burocracia, desagregar as racionalidades formais estabelecidas

Key facts for desburocratização
PropertyValue
Headworddesburocratização
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/
Letters17
Frequency rank#88,108
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desburocratização” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). desburocratização lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desburocratização is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,108 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for desburocratização, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is desburocratização, spelled D-E-S-B-U-R-O-C-R-A-T-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de reduzir ou eliminar a burocracia, desagregar as racionalidades formais estabelecidas
  2. 2
    o ato de eliminar a lentidão dos serviços administrativos

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 "desburocratização"?
"desburocratização" is spelled D-E-S-B-U-R-O-C-R-A-T-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/.
What does "desburocratização" mean?
As a noun, "desburocratização" means: ato de reduzir ou eliminar a burocracia, desagregar as racionalidades formais estabelecidas
How do you pronounce "desburocratização"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desburocratização" is /dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desburocratização" come from?
"desburocratização" 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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Using “desburocratização”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-B-U-R-O-C-R-A-T-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /dez.bu.ɾo.kɾa.tʃi.za.ˈsãw/ (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list