distrofia
The verdict
“distrofia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,271 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,271
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alteração patológica do desenvolvimento ou da nutrição de tecidos ou órgãos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distrofia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distrofia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
distrofia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,271 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for distrofia, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is distrofia, spelled D-I-S-T-R-O-F-I-A.
Definition
- 1alteração patológica do desenvolvimento ou da nutrição de tecidos ou órgãos
- 2grupo de doenças hereditárias que causam fraqueza e degeneração progressiva dos músculos, como a distrofia muscular de Duchenne e de Becker
- 3acúmulo de matéria orgânica em ambientes aquáticos como brejos e pântanos
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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.
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Using “distrofia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-T-R-O-F-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.