destroço
/dɨʃ.ˈtɾo.su/
The verdict
“destroço” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado de ruína; devastação
Corpus desk
Index PT-destroco · destroço · Portuguese
destroço · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destroço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.ˈtɾo.su/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “destroço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
destroço is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɨʃ.ˈtɾo.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
destroço doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is destroço, spelled D-E-S-T-R-O-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1estado de ruína; devastação
- 2ato ou efeito de destroçar; desbaratamento, derrota, destruição
- 3o que sobrou desse ato (mais usado no plural)
- 4colheita da colmeia
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.