desenho animado

phrase

The verdict

“desenho animado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - técnica de animação de dar a ilusão de movimento, projetando desenhos sucessivos representando as diferentes fases deste movimento

Key facts for desenho animado
PropertyValue
Headworddesenho animado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desenho animado” sits in Portuguese frequency

desenho animado falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desenho animado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "técnica de animação de dar a ilusão de movimento, projetando desenhos sucessivos representando as diferentes fases deste movimento".

Zero misspellings are on record for desenho animado in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is desenho animado, spelled D-E-S-E-N-H-O- -A-N-I-M-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    técnica de animação de dar a ilusão de movimento, projetando desenhos sucessivos representando as diferentes fases deste movimento

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desenho animado"?
"desenho animado" is spelled D-E-S-E-N-H-O- -A-N-I-M-A-D-O.
What does "desenho animado" mean?
As a phrase, "desenho animado" means: técnica de animação de dar a ilusão de movimento, projetando desenhos sucessivos representando as diferentes fases deste movimento
What language does "desenho animado" come from?
"desenho animado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “desenho animado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-E-N-H-O- -A-N-I-M-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list