dispendioso
/ʤiʃ.pẽ.ʤi.ˈo.zu/
The verdict
“dispendioso” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,569 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #51,569
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que demanda dispêndio; caro, custoso, oneroso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispendioso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʤiʃ.pẽ.ʤi.ˈo.zu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dispendioso” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for dispendioso is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʤiʃ.pẽ.ʤi.ˈo.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,569 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dispendioso, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dispendioso, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-D-I-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1que demanda dispêndio; caro, custoso, oneroso
- 2trabalhoso
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 “dispendioso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-P-E-N-D-I-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʤiʃ.pẽ.ʤi.ˈo.zu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.