desinfeção

noun

The verdict

“desinfeção” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-desinfecao · desinfeção · Portuguese

desinfeção · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for desinfeção
PropertyValue
Headworddesinfeção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desinfeção” em português

desinfeçãonão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desinfeção is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de desinfetar".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for desinfeção, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is desinfeção, spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de desinfetar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O sistema de tratamento utiliza luz ultravioleta para a desinfeção da água potável.»

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desinfeção"?
"desinfeção" is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "desinfeção" mean?
As a noun, "desinfeção" means: ato de desinfetar
What language does "desinfeção" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list