desorientado
/dɨ.zɔ.ɾjẽ.ˈta.du/
The verdict
“desorientado” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #46,267 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #46,267
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que deixou de possuir orientação
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desorientado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.zɔ.ɾjẽ.ˈta.du/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #46,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desorientado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for desorientado is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zɔ.ɾjẽ.ˈta.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,267 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for desorientado, with forms such as "ddesorientado", "deosrientado", and "desoirentado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is desorientado, spelled D-E-S-O-R-I-E-N-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que deixou de possuir orientação
- 2que perdeu o caminho certo; sem rumo
- 3que não sabe como agir
- 4que não tem ideia do que dizer; perplexo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesorientado,deosrientado,desoirentado,desoreintado,desorienatdo,desorienntado,desorientaddo,desorientaod,desorientdao,desorienttado,desorietnado,desorinetado,desorrientado,desroientado,dessorientado,dseorientado,edsorientado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desorientado - 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 “desorientado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-O-R-I-E-N-T-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.zɔ.ɾjẽ.ˈta.du/ (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.