dignitário
/di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/
The verdict
“dignitário” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que exerce cargo de grande dignidade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dignitário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dignitário” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for dignitário is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aquele que exerce cargo de grande dignidade.".
dignitário doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is dignitário, spelled D-I-G-N-I-T-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1aquele que exerce cargo de grande dignidade.
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.
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Using “dignitário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-G-N-I-T-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/ (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.