desleal
/dɨʒ.ˈljaɫ/
The verdict
“desleal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,048 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #27,048
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não é leal; infiel; pérfido; traidor
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desleal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨʒ.ˈljaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desleal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for desleal is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʒ.ˈljaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,048 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que não é leal; infiel; pérfido; traidor".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for desleal, with forms such as "ddesleal", "delseal", and "deselal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desleal, spelled D-E-S-L-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1que não é leal; infiel; pérfido; traidor
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesleal,delseal,deselal,deslael,desleall,deslela,deslleal,dessleal,dseleal,edsleal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desleal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “desleal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-L-E-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨʒ.ˈljaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.