desventura

/dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/

//dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

The verdict

“desventura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,871 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,871
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falta de ventura; desdita, infelicidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-desventura · desventura · Portuguese

desventura · rank #77,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,871
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desodorizante

Nearest frequency peer: desodorizante (-6 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 “desventura”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desventura
PropertyValue
Headworddesventura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desventura” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).desventuracai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desodorizante” (#77,865), “dogmatismo” (#77,884), “denotar” (#77,854). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desventura” fica em #77,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desventura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,871 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for desventura in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desventura, spelled D-E-S-V-E-N-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    falta de ventura; desdita, infelicidade
  2. 2
    sorte má; azar, desgraça

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 "desventura"?
"desventura" is spelled D-E-S-V-E-N-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "desventura" mean?
As a noun, "desventura" means: falta de ventura; desdita, infelicidade
How do you pronounce "desventura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desventura" is /dɨʒ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desventura" come from?
"desventura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list