dissensão

noun

The verdict

“dissensão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,652 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,652
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falta de concordância a respeito de (algo); divergência, discrepância

Corpus desk

Index PT-dissensao · dissensão · Portuguese

dissensão · rank #95,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,652
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH Direktor

Nearest frequency peer: Direktor (-6 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “dissensão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dissensão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dissensão
PropertyValue
Headworddissensão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “dissensão” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.dissensãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Direktor” (#95,646), “dândi” (#95,666), “destroçar” (#95,634). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dissensão” fica em #95,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dissensão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,652 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

dissensão doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is dissensão, spelled D-I-S-S-E-N-S-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    falta de concordância a respeito de (algo); divergência, discrepância
  2. 2
    estado de litígio; desavença, conflito, disputa
  3. 3
    característica daquilo que discrepa; oposição

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dissensão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. As dissensões entre os nobres na Idade Média prejudicavam o povo

Synonyms

desinteligênciadivisãonução

Antonyms

desinteligênciadivisãonução

This word in other languages

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 "dissensão"?
"dissensão" is spelled D-I-S-S-E-N-S-Ã-O.
What does "dissensão" mean?
As a noun, "dissensão" means: falta de concordância a respeito de (algo); divergência, discrepância
What language does "dissensão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dissensão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list