disrupção

noun

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The verdict

“disrupção” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,691 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,691
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de romper, de interromper o curso natural de

Key facts for disrupção
PropertyValue
Headworddisrupção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,691
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “disrupção” 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). disrupção lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disrupção is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,691 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disrupção, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 disrupção, spelled D-I-S-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de romper, de interromper o curso natural de
  2. 2
    ruptura, rompimento, fratura
  3. 3
    restabelecimento súbito de uma corrente elétrica
  4. 4
    tensão súbita de um estreitamento
  5. 5
    agitação ao redor de um obstáculo para a escoamento de um líquido; deflexão

Synonyms

deflexãofraturaquebraruptura

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 "disrupção"?
"disrupção" is spelled D-I-S-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "disrupção" mean?
As a noun, "disrupção" means: ato de romper, de interromper o curso natural de
What language does "disrupção" come from?
"disrupção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “disrupção”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list