dificuldade
/dɨ.fi.kuɫ.ˈda.dɨ/
The verdict
“dificuldade” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,773 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,773
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade ou estado daquilo que é difícil
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dificuldade |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.fi.kuɫ.ˈda.dɨ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #2,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dificuldade” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for dificuldade is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.fi.kuɫ.ˈda.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,773 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for dificuldade, with forms such as "ddificuldade", "dfiiculdade", and "difciuldade". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dificuldade, spelled D-I-F-I-C-U-L-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1qualidade ou estado daquilo que é difícil
- 2situação difícil
- 3apuro, aperto, apertura
- 4obstáculo, impedimento, estorvo
- 5relutância, repugnância, aversão
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddificuldade,dfiiculdade,difciuldade,difficuldade,dificculdade,dificludade,dificudlade,dificuladde,dificuldadde,dificuldaed,dificulddade,dificulddae,dificulldade,difiucldade,diifculdade,idficuldade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dificuldade - 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.
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.
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Using “dificuldade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-F-I-C-U-L-D-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.fi.kuɫ.ˈda.dɨ/ (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
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.