desempregado

//de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du// adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,265

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

desempregado is anPortugueseadj. It means: que não tem emprego Pronounced /de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du/. Often confused with desemprego.

Key facts for desempregado
PropertyValue
Headworddesempregado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du/
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,265
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desempregado is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,265 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que não tem emprego".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for desempregado, with forms such as "ddesempregado", "deesmpregado", and "desemmpregado". 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, "desemprego", 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 desempregado, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-R-E-G-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não tem emprego

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesempregado,deesmpregado,desemmpregado,desempergado,desemppregado,desempreagdo,desempregaddo,desempregaod,desempregdao,desempreggado,desemprgeado,desemprregado,desemrpegado,desepmregado,desmepregado,dessempregado,dseempregado,edsempregado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desempregado

Misspelling Variants of "desempregado"

ddesempregado13deesmpregado12desemmpregado13desempergado12desemppregado13desempreagdo12desempregaddo13desempregaod12
Misspelling Variants of "desempregado"

Frequency rank: #13,265 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desempregado"?
"desempregado" is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-R-E-G-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du/.
What does "desempregado" mean?
As an adj, "desempregado" means: que não tem emprego
What words are commonly confused with "desempregado"?
"desempregado" is commonly confused with "desemprego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desempregado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desempregado" is /de.zẽj.pɾe.ˈga.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desempregado" come from?
"desempregado" 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.