dignitário
/di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/
The verdict
“dignitário” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que exerce cargo de grande dignidade.
Corpus desk
Index PT-dignitario · dignitário · Portuguese
dignitário · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dignitário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dignitário is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /di.ɡni.ˈta.ɾju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dignitário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nada disso foi o bastante para constranger os dignitários sul-americanos reunidos em Paramaribo, a capital surinamesa.
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.