dispensário

noun

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The verdict

“dispensário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,176 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,176
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estabelecimento ou serviço onde se distribuem medicamentos e se prestam atendimentos médicos básicos

Key facts for dispensário
PropertyValue
Headworddispensário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dispensário” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dispensário lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dispensário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,176 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for dispensário in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is dispensário, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estabelecimento ou serviço onde se distribuem medicamentos e se prestam atendimentos médicos básicos
  2. 2
    dependência de hospital ou clínica destinada à dispensação de remédios a pacientes

Synonyms

ambulatóriofarmácia comunitáriaposto de saúde

Antonyms

clínica privadahospital particular

This word in other languages

dispensary(English)dispensario(Español)dispensaire(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dispensário"?
"dispensário" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-Á-R-I-O.
What does "dispensário" mean?
As a noun, "dispensário" means: estabelecimento ou serviço onde se distribuem medicamentos e se prestam atendimentos médicos básicos
What language does "dispensário" come from?
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Using “dispensário”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-P-E-N-S-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list