desfalque
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#32,144
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
13
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
desfalque is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de desfalcar Pronounced /dɨʃ.ˈfaɫ.kɨ/. Often confused with destaque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desfalque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.ˈfaɫ.kɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for desfalque is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʃ.ˈfaɫ.kɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,144 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for desfalque, with forms such as "ddesfalque", "defsalque", and "desaflque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "destaque", 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 desfalque, spelled D-E-S-F-A-L-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de desfalcar
- 2supressão de uma parte ou de elemento(s) de um todo
- 3desvio de dinheiro alheio mediante fraude; retirada ilícita
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesfalque,defsalque,desaflque,desfallque,desfalqeu,desfalqque,desfaluqe,desfaqlue,desffalque,desflaque,dessfalque,dsefalque,edsfalque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desfalque
Misspelling Variants of "desfalque"
Frequency rank: #32,144 in Portuguese
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Nearby Portuguese words
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