desgraça

//dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,520

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

desgraça is aPortuguesenoun. It means: infelicidade Pronounced /dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ/. It ranks #7,520 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for desgraça
PropertyValue
Headworddesgraça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,520
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desgraça is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,520 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desgraça, with forms such as "ddesgraça", "degsraça", and "desgarça". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 desgraça, spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    infelicidade
  2. 2
    calamidade, tragédia

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesgraça,degsraça,desgarça,desggraça,desgraaç,desgrraça,desgrçaa,desrgaça,dessgraça,dsegraça,edsgraça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desgraça

Misspelling Variants of "desgraça"

ddesgraça9degsraça8desgarça8desggraça9desgraaç8desgrraça9desgrçaa8desrgaça8
Misspelling Variants of "desgraça"

Frequency rank: #7,520 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desgraça"?
"desgraça" is spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ/.
What does "desgraça" mean?
As a noun, "desgraça" means: infelicidade
What are common misspellings of "desgraça"?
Common misspellings include "ddesgraça", "degsraça", "desgarça", "desggraça", "desgraaç". The correct spelling is "desgraça".
How do you pronounce "desgraça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desgraça" is /dɨʒ.ˈɡɾa.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desgraça" come from?
"desgraça" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.