desunião

/dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/

//dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“desunião” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,564 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,564
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de desunir

Corpus desk

Index PT-desuniao · desunião · Portuguese

desunião · rank #51,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,564
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH destra

Nearest frequency peer: destra (-1 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “desunião”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “desunião” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desunião
PropertyValue
Headworddesunião
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desunião” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.desuniãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “destra” (#51,563), “dispendioso” (#51,569), “descontração” (#51,558). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desunião” fica em #51,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desunião is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,564 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for desunião in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 desunião, spelled D-E-S-U-N-I-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de desunir
  2. 2
    falha de união
  3. 3
    separação
  4. 4
    divisão
  5. 5
    (figurado) discórdia

This word in other languages

desunión(Español)désunion(Français)

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 "desunião"?
"desunião" is spelled D-E-S-U-N-I-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/.
What does "desunião" mean?
As a noun, "desunião" means: ação de desunir
How do you pronounce "desunião"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desunião" is /dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chocalho#51,504buldogue#51,485impureza#51,676indiciar#51,681

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list