descolorido

/dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du/

//dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du// adj

The verdict

“descolorido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,711 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,711
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desprovido de cor

Corpus desk

Index PT-descolorido · descolorido · Portuguese

descolorido · rank #83,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,711
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desgrenhado

Nearest frequency peer: desgrenhado (+5 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 “descolorido”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for descolorido
PropertyValue
Headworddescolorido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du/
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,711
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “descolorido” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).descoloridocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desgrenhado” (#83,716), “Dominika” (#83,737), “couch” (#83,674). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “descolorido” fica em #83,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

descolorido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,711 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desprovido de cor".

Zero misspellings are on record for descolorido in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is descolorido, spelled D-E-S-C-O-L-O-R-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    desprovido de cor

This word in other languages

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 "descolorido"?
"descolorido" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-L-O-R-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du/.
What does "descolorido" mean?
As an adjective, "descolorido" means: desprovido de cor
How do you pronounce "descolorido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descolorido" is /dɨʃ.ku.lu.ˈɾi.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descolorido" come from?
"descolorido" 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 "descolorido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list