desprezado

adj

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The verdict

“desprezado” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,103
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menosprezado; a quem se oferece desprezo, desdém, desconsideração, menosprezo

Corpus desk

Index PT-desprezado · desprezado · Portuguese

desprezado · rank #35,103 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,103
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desenterrar

Nearest frequency peer: desenterrar (-4 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “desprezado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “desprezado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

desprezado vs desprezar
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for desprezado
PropertyValue
Headworddesprezado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,103
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “desprezado”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).desprezadocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desenterrar” (#35,099), “desejadas” (#35,098), “desconhecer” (#35,096). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desprezado” fica em #35,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around desprezado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,103 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for desprezado, with forms such as "ddesprezado", "depsrezado", and "desperzado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "desprezar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is desprezado, spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-Z-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    menosprezado; a quem se oferece desprezo, desdém, desconsideração, menosprezo
  2. 2
    esquecido; que se abandonou
  3. 3
    recusado; que não foi aceito
  4. 4
    desconsiderado; que não se levou em consideração, em conta

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how desprezado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não há nada pior do que ser desprezado.
  2. Carro desprezado na garagem.

Synonyms

abandonadodesconsideradoesquecidoignoradoposposto

Antonyms

adoradoamadolouvadoprezadoquerido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesprezado
  • depsrezado
  • desperzado
  • despprezado
  • despreazdo
  • desprezaddo
  • desprezaod
  • desprezdao
  • desprezzado
  • desprrezado
  • desprzeado
  • desrpezado
  • dessprezado
  • dseprezado
  • edsprezado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desprezado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddesprezado1depsrezado2desperzado2despprezado1despreazdo2desprezaddo1desprezaod2desprezdao2
Edit distance from "desprezado"

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 "desprezado"?
"desprezado" is spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-Z-A-D-O.
What does "desprezado" mean?
As an adjective, "desprezado" means: menosprezado; a quem se oferece desprezo, desdém, desconsideração, menosprezo
What words are commonly confused with "desprezado"?
"desprezado" is commonly confused with "desprezar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "desprezado" come from?
"desprezado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

descansado#35,095habilitado#35,176impossible#35,192ingerência#35,201

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

desenterrar15 variantspragmático15 variantsreversível15 variantsretroceder15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list