desenho animado
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
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desenho animado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desenho animado” sits in Portuguese frequency
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
- 1técnica 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.
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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.
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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.