desunião

/dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/

//dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“desunião” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,564 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,564
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

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

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)

Where “desunião” 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). desunião lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desunião is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,564 among 2,399 “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.
What language does "desunião" come from?
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Using “desunião”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-U-N-I-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /dɨ.zu.ˈnjɐ̃w̃/ (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

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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