dispensa

//diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,061

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

dispensa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de dispensar Pronounced /diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. Often confused with dispersão and dispensar.

Key facts for dispensa
PropertyValue
Headworddispensa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,061
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dispensa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dispensa is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,061 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for dispensa, with forms such as "ddispensa", "dipsensa", and "disepnsa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "dispersão", "dispensar", "dispersar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is dispensa, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de dispensar
  2. 2
    isenção de serviço

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddispensa,dipsensa,disepnsa,dispenas,dispennsa,dispenssa,dispesna,dispnesa,disppensa,disspensa,dsipensa,idspensa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dispensa

Misspelling Variants of "dispensa"

ddispensa9dipsensa8disepnsa8dispenas8dispennsa9dispenssa9dispesna8dispnesa8
Misspelling Variants of "dispensa"

Frequency rank: #13,061 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dispensa"?
"dispensa" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/.
What does "dispensa" mean?
As a noun, "dispensa" means: ato ou efeito de dispensar
What words are commonly confused with "dispensa"?
"dispensa" is commonly confused with "dispersão", "dispensar", "dispersar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dispensa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispensa" is /diʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispensa" come from?
"dispensa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.