desgrenhado
/dɨʒ.ɡɾɨ.ˈɲa.du/
The verdict
“desgrenhado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,716 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,716
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do cabelo despenteado ou revolto
Corpus desk
Index PT-desgrenhado · desgrenhado · Portuguese
desgrenhado · rank #83,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,716
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH descolorido
Nearest frequency peer: descolorido (-5 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 “desgrenhado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cou
cou
16,328 corpus weight
- couch
couch
16,327 corpus weight
- descolorido
descolorido
16,290 corpus weight
- desgrenhado
desgrenhado
16,285 corpus weight
- Dominika
Dominika
16,264 corpus weight
- embaixatriz
embaixatriz
16,251 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desgrenhado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgrenhado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨʒ.ɡɾɨ.ˈɲa.du/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “desgrenhado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
desgrenhado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,716 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨʒ.ɡɾɨ.ˈɲa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for desgrenhado in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is desgrenhado, spelled D-E-S-G-R-E-N-H-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do cabelo despenteado ou revolto
- 2que traz o cabelo revolto ou emaranhado
- 3desordenado, irregular, no falar ou escrever
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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