descortês
/dɨʃ.kuɾ.ˈteʃ/
The verdict
“descortês” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não cortês
Corpus desk
Index PT-descortes · descortês · Portuguese
descortês · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descortês |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.kuɾ.ˈteʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “descortês” em português
Rare enough to double-check
descortês is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨʃ.kuɾ.ˈteʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "não cortês".
Zero misspellings are on record for descortês in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is descortês, spelled D-E-S-C-O-R-T-Ê-S.
Definition
- 1não cortês
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.