desgraçadamente

adv

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The verdict

“desgraçadamente” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #72,382 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.

#72,382
frequency rank, Portuguese
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo desgraçado

Key facts for desgraçadamente
PropertyValue
Headworddesgraçadamente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters15
Frequency rank#72,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desgraçadamente” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). desgraçadamente lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desgraçadamente is 15 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #72,382 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo desgraçado".

desgraçadamente has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is desgraçadamente, spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A-D-A-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo desgraçado

This word in other languages

unfortunately(English)desgraciadamente(Español)malheureusement(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desgraçadamente"?
"desgraçadamente" is spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A-D-A-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "desgraçadamente" mean?
As an adverb, "desgraçadamente" means: de modo desgraçado
What language does "desgraçadamente" come from?
"desgraçadamente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “desgraçadamente”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A-D-A-M-E-N-T-E - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list