descontente

/dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/

//dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“descontente” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,939
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - triste

Corpus desk

Index PT-descontente · descontente · Portuguese

descontente · rank #24,939 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,939
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH deliberativo

Nearest frequency peer: deliberativo (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “descontente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “descontente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

descontente vs descendente
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for descontente
PropertyValue
Headworddescontente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,939
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “descontente”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).descontentecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “deliberativo” (#24,936), “decretar” (#24,933), “Dio” (#24,946). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “descontente” fica em #24,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around descontente (IPA /dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,939 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for descontente, with forms such as "ddescontente", "decsontente", and "desccontente". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "descendente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is descontente, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    triste
  2. 2
    desgostoso

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how descontente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pelo jeito, o Sol deve estar duplamente descontente, considerando que, na virada do milênio, dois eclipses totais foram registrados em menos de dois anos.

This word in other languages

malcontent(English)descontento(Español)mécontent(Français)unzufrieden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddescontente
  • decsontente
  • desccontente
  • descnotente
  • desconetnte
  • desconntente
  • descontenet
  • descontennte
  • descontentte
  • descontetne
  • descontnete
  • desconttente
  • descotnente
  • desocntente
  • desscontente
  • dsecontente
  • edscontente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descontente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddescontente1decsontente2desccontente1descnotente2desconetnte2desconntente1descontenet2descontennte1
Edit distance from "descontente"

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 "descontente"?
"descontente" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/.
What does "descontente" mean?
As an adjective, "descontente" means: triste
What words are commonly confused with "descontente"?
"descontente" is commonly confused with "descendente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descontente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descontente" is /dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descontente" come from?
"descontente" 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 "descontente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

emblemático#24,958genialidade#24,996atrapalhado#24,862ambiguidade#24,838

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

deliberativo17 variantsprecariedade17 variantstransgressão17 variantsproletariado17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list