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desordem

Portuguese, noun/deˈzɔʁ.dẽj̃/

desordem is spelled D-E-S-O-R-D-E-M (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desordem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disorder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ausência de ordem”.

What does desordem mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedisorder

  2. 2

    feminineclutter, jumble

  3. 3

    femininedisarray

  4. 4

    feminineentropy

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ausência de ordem 2. perturbação da ordem pública 3. algazarra, confusão, gritaria 4. o número de configurações distintas acessíveis às partículas de um sistema termodinâmico

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of desordem

  • desordens plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desordem?

  • Brazil /deˈzɔʁ.dẽj̃/
  • Brazil [deˈzɔɦ.dẽɪ̯̃]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒiˈzɔʁ.dẽj̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desordem

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is desordem in Portuguese?

desordem appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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