desconcertado
/dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾ.ˈta.du/
The verdict
“desconcertado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,910 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,910
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - descomposto
Corpus desk
Index PT-desconcertado · desconcertado · Portuguese
desconcertado · rank #70,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,910
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH difração
Nearest frequency peer: difração (+10 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 “desconcertado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cravinho
cravinho
29,118 corpus weight
- desconcerta…
desconcertado
29,091 corpus weight
- difração
difração
29,081 corpus weight
- displicente
displicente
29,077 corpus weight
- elma
elma
29,065 corpus weight
- embebido
embebido
29,060 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desconcertado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desconcertado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾ.ˈta.du/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desconcertado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desconcertado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,910 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾ.ˈta.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
desconcertado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is desconcertado, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-C-E-R-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1descomposto
- 2sem ordem, sem harmonia
- 3desorientado, confuso
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desconcertado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O espectador, desconcertado, vê a mulher, mesmo 'esquecida', cumprir a promessa, desafiando o marido possessivo (Sacha Pitoeff), num tempo que nada tem de linear, mas planar.
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.
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