desempenhar

//dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ// verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,989

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

desempenhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: cumprir ou executar cargo, tarefa ou função Pronounced /dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/. It ranks #9,989 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with desempenho.

Key facts for desempenhar
PropertyValue
Headworddesempenhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,989
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desempenhar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desempenhar is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,989 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for desempenhar, with forms such as "ddesempenhar", "deesmpenhar", and "desemepnhar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "desempenho", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is desempenhar, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-N-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cumprir ou executar cargo, tarefa ou função
  2. 2
    resgatar de penhor, livrar de dívidas, liberar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesempenhar,deesmpenhar,desemepnhar,desemmpenhar,desempehnar,desempenahr,desempenharr,desempenhhar,desempenhra,desempennhar,desempnehar,desemppenhar,desepmenhar,desmepenhar,dessempenhar,dseempenhar,edsempenhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desempenhar

Misspelling Variants of "desempenhar"

ddesempenhar12deesmpenhar11desemepnhar11desemmpenhar12desempehnar11desempenahr11desempenharr12desempenhhar12
Misspelling Variants of "desempenhar"

Frequency rank: #9,989 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desempenhar"?
"desempenhar" is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-N-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/.
What does "desempenhar" mean?
As a verb, "desempenhar" means: cumprir ou executar cargo, tarefa ou função
What words are commonly confused with "desempenhar"?
"desempenhar" is commonly confused with "desempenho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desempenhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desempenhar" is /dɨ.zẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desempenhar" come from?
"desempenhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.