despreocupação

/dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“despreocupação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,803 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,803
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou efeito de despreocupar

Key facts for despreocupação
PropertyValue
Headworddespreocupação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters14
Frequency rank#91,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “despreocupação” 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). despreocupação lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

despreocupação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,803 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

despreocupação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is despreocupação, spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou efeito de despreocupar
  2. 2
    ato de se livrar de preocupação
  3. 3
    falta de preocupações; tranquilidade
  4. 4
    condição ou comportamento da pessoa que não está preocupada

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "despreocupação"?
"despreocupação" is spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "despreocupação" mean?
As a noun, "despreocupação" means: ação ou efeito de despreocupar
How do you pronounce "despreocupação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despreocupação" is /dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despreocupação" come from?
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Using “despreocupação”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /dɨʃ.pɾjɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (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

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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