desgraçadamente

adv

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The verdict

“desgraçadamente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,382 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,382
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de modo desgraçado

Corpus desk

Index PT-desgracadamente · desgraçadamente · Portuguese

desgraçadamente · rank #72,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,382
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH deslumbrar

Nearest frequency peer: deslumbrar (+2 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 “desgraçadamente”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desgraçadamente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desgraçadamente
PropertyValue
Headworddesgraçadamente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters15
Frequency rank#72,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desgraçadamente” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).desgraçadamentecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “deslumbrar” (#72,384), “despretensioso” (#72,389), “diametralmente” (#72,399). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desgraçadamente” fica em #72,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desgraçadamente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,382 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how desgraçadamente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Procurei o anel por todo o lado, mas, desgraçadamente, não o encontrei.»

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desgraçadamente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cumulativamente#72,358sequencialmente#72,063hipotireoidismo#71,824esquistossomose#73,190

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list