descarga

//dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,034

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

descarga is aPortuguesenoun. It means: tiro de arma de fogo Pronounced /dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/. Often confused with descarte and descartar.

Key facts for descarga
PropertyValue
Headworddescarga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,034
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of descarga in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for descarga is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,034 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for descarga, with forms such as "ddescarga", "decsarga", and "desacrga". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "descarte", "descartar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is descarga, spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tiro de arma de fogo
  2. 2
    evacuação
  3. 3
    desobrigação
  4. 4
    reservatório colocado nas latrinas que, depois de se acionar um mecanismo de descarga, sai água para as lavar
  5. 5
    ato de acionar o mecanismo que faz a água sair e lavar a latrina
  6. 6
    acionador do mecanismo que faz a água sair e lavar a latrina
  7. 7
    lavada feita à latrina por tal água saída

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescarga,decsarga,desacrga,descagra,descarag,descargga,descarrga,desccarga,descraga,desscarga,dsecarga,edscarga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descarga

Misspelling Variants of "descarga"

ddescarga9decsarga8desacrga8descagra8descarag8descargga9descarrga9desccarga9
Misspelling Variants of "descarga"

Frequency rank: #12,034 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descarga"?
"descarga" is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/.
What does "descarga" mean?
As a noun, "descarga" means: tiro de arma de fogo
What words are commonly confused with "descarga"?
"descarga" is commonly confused with "descarte", "descartar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descarga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descarga" is /dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descarga" come from?
"descarga" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.