desgraçar
/deʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/, /diʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/
The verdict
“desgraçar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,153 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,153
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar desgraça a
Corpus desk
Index PT-desgracar · desgraçar · Portuguese
desgraçar · rank #81,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,153
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desanuviar
Nearest frequency peer: desanuviar (-7 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 “desgraçar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dativo
dativo
18,868 corpus weight
- deny
deny
18,861 corpus weight
- desanuviar
desanuviar
18,855 corpus weight
- desgraçar
desgraçar
18,848 corpus weight
- dispensário
dispensário
18,825 corpus weight
- dreamer
dreamer
18,817 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desgraçar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgraçar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /deʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/, /diʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desgraçar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desgraçar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,153 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /deʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/, /diʒ.ˈgɾa.sax/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
desgraçar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is desgraçar, spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A-R.
Definition
- 1causar desgraça a
- 2tornar infeliz
This word in other languages
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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