desfalecer
/dɨʃ.fɐ.lɨ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“desfalecer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,499 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,499
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enfraquecer; desalentar; desamparar; esmorecer; desmaiar; fraquejar
Corpus desk
Index PT-desfalecer · desfalecer · Portuguese
desfalecer · rank #85,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,499
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desfaçatez
Nearest frequency peer: desfaçatez (+1 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “desfalecer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- desarmonia
desarmonia
14,510 corpus weight
- desarrumar
desarrumar
14,509 corpus weight
- desconcentr…
desconcentrar
14,507 corpus weight
- desembocar
desembocar
14,506 corpus weight
- desfalecer
desfalecer
14,502 corpus weight
- desfaçatez
desfaçatez
14,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desfalecer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desfalecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.fɐ.lɨ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desfalecer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desfalecer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,499 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.fɐ.lɨ.ˈseɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "enfraquecer; desalentar; desamparar; esmorecer; desmaiar; fraquejar".
No generated misspelling entries exist for desfalecer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desfalecer, spelled D-E-S-F-A-L-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1enfraquecer; desalentar; desamparar; esmorecer; desmaiar; fraquejar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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