distopia

noun

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The verdict

“distopia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,894 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,894
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - posição ou situação anormal de um órgão

Key facts for distopia
PropertyValue
Headworddistopia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “distopia” 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). distopia 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

distopia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,894 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for distopia, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is distopia, spelled D-I-S-T-O-P-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    posição ou situação anormal de um órgão
  2. 2
    uma projeção de futuro no qual a sociedade como conhecemos ruiu e a vida humana se torna muito difícil; a antítese da utopia

Synonyms

antiutopia

This word in other languages

dystopia(English)distopía(Español)dystopie(Français)Dystopie(Deutsch)

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 "distopia"?
"distopia" is spelled D-I-S-T-O-P-I-A.
What does "distopia" mean?
As a noun, "distopia" means: posição ou situação anormal de um órgão
What language does "distopia" come from?
"distopia" 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 “distopia”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-T-O-P-I-A - 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