dissimilar
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒi.si.miˈlaʁ/
dissimilar is spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissimilar is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “dissimilar (not similar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diferente”.
What does dissimilar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedissimilar (not similar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diferente
verb: 1. passar ou fazer passar por dissimilação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dissimilar
- dissimilares plural
- dissimilando gerund
- dissimilado participle
- dissimilo singular first-person indicative
- dissimilas singular second-person indicative
- dissimila singular third-person indicative
- dissimilamos plural first-person indicative
- dissimilais plural second-person indicative
- dissimilam plural third-person indicative
- dissimilava singular first-person indicative
- dissimilavas singular second-person indicative
- dissimilávamos plural first-person indicative
- dissimiláveis plural second-person indicative
- dissimilavam plural third-person indicative
- dissimilei singular first-person indicative
- dissimilaste singular second-person indicative
- dissimilou singular third-person indicative
- dissimilamos¹ / dissimilámos² plural first-person indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissimilar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.si.miˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.si.miˈlah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissimilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissimilar in Portuguese?
dissimilar appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).