descentralizar

/dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/

//dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ// verb

The verdict

“descentralizar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,242 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,242
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deixar sem centro, sem uma organização central

Corpus desk

Index PT-descentralizar · descentralizar · Portuguese

descentralizar · rank #76,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,242
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH dak

Nearest frequency peer: dak (-18 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 “descentralizar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for descentralizar
PropertyValue
Headworddescentralizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/
Letters14
Frequency rank#76,242
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “descentralizar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.descentralizarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “dak” (#76,224), “célere” (#76,222), “disléxico” (#76,265). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “descentralizar” fica em #76,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

descentralizar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,242 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deixar sem centro, sem uma organização central".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for descentralizar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is descentralizar, spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar sem centro, sem uma organização central

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 "descentralizar"?
"descentralizar" is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "descentralizar" mean?
As a verb, "descentralizar" means: deixar sem centro, sem uma organização central
How do you pronounce "descentralizar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descentralizar" is /dɨʃ.sẽ.tɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descentralizar" come from?
"descentralizar" 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 "descentralizar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list