designar

//dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,336

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

designar is aPortugueseverb. It means: indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear Pronounced /dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/. Often confused with desligar and desigual.

Key facts for designar
PropertyValue
Headworddesignar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,336
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for designar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,336 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for designar, with forms such as "ddesignar", "deisgnar", and "desginar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "desligar", "desigual", "destinar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear
  2. 2
    servir de nome a; denominar
  3. 3
    determinar, estabelecer, fixar
  4. 4
    ser o símbolo de; representar
  5. 5
    apontar, mostrar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesignar,deisgnar,desginar,desiganr,desiggnar,designarr,designnar,designra,desingar,dessignar,dseignar,edsignar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for designar

Misspelling Variants of "designar"

ddesignar9deisgnar8desginar8desiganr8desiggnar9designarr9designnar9designra8
Misspelling Variants of "designar"

Frequency rank: #14,336 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "designar"?
"designar" is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/.
What does "designar" mean?
As a verb, "designar" means: indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear
What words are commonly confused with "designar"?
"designar" is commonly confused with "desligar", "desigual", "destinar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "designar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "designar" is /dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "designar" come from?
"designar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.