desobediente

/dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/

//dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“desobediente” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #57,865 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#57,865
frequency rank, Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que desobedece ou costuma desobedecer

Key facts for desobediente
PropertyValue
Headworddesobediente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desobediente” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). desobediente lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desobediente is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,865 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que desobedece ou costuma desobedecer".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for desobediente, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is desobediente, spelled D-E-S-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que desobedece ou costuma desobedecer

Antonyms

obediente

This word in other languages

disobedient(English)désobéissant(Français)widerspenstig(Deutsch)

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 "desobediente"?
"desobediente" is spelled D-E-S-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/.
What does "desobediente" mean?
As an adjective, "desobediente" means: que desobedece ou costuma desobedecer
How do you pronounce "desobediente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desobediente" is /dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desobediente" come from?
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Using “desobediente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /dɨ.zɔ.bɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list