descontração
The verdict
“descontração” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,558 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,558
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado de relaxamento e bem-estar
Corpus desk
Index PT-descontracao · descontração · Portuguese
descontração · rank #51,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,558
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH destra
Nearest frequency peer: destra (+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 “descontração”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- curiosity
curiosity
48,461 corpus weight
- descontração
descontração
48,443 corpus weight
- destra
destra
48,438 corpus weight
- desunião
desunião
48,437 corpus weight
- dispendioso
dispendioso
48,432 corpus weight
- duplicata
duplicata
48,423 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “descontração” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descontração |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “descontração” em português
Rare enough to double-check
descontração is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,558 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "estado de relaxamento e bem-estar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for descontração, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is descontração, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1estado de relaxamento e bem-estar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how descontração appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quando ele se virou, vi que era o editor e livreiro Cortez, habitué de 20 anos, que se solta na pista com uma descontração juvenil.
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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