desmotivar

/dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/

//dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ// verb

The verdict

“desmotivar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,028 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,028
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tirar ou interesse, tirar a motivação

Corpus desk

Index PT-desmotivar · desmotivar · Portuguese

desmotivar · rank #51,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,028
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desordenado

Nearest frequency peer: desordenado (+2 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 “desmotivar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desmotivar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desmotivar
PropertyValue
Headworddesmotivar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desmotivar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).desmotivarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desordenado” (#51,030), “degree” (#51,011), “efêmero” (#51,048). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desmotivar” fica em #51,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desmotivar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,028 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desmotivar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desmotivar, spelled D-E-S-M-O-T-I-V-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tirar ou interesse, tirar a motivação
  2. 2
    tirar os motivos

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desmotivar"?
"desmotivar" is spelled D-E-S-M-O-T-I-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/.
What does "desmotivar" mean?
As a verb, "desmotivar" means: tirar ou interesse, tirar a motivação
How do you pronounce "desmotivar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desmotivar" is /dɨʒ.mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desmotivar" come from?
"desmotivar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desmotivar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list