distrofia
The verdict
“distrofia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,271 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,271
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alteração patológica do desenvolvimento ou da nutrição de tecidos ou órgãos
Corpus desk
Index PT-distrofia · distrofia · Portuguese
distrofia · rank #57,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,271
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dictionary
Nearest frequency peer: dictionary (-4 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 “distrofia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- degola
degola
42,755 corpus weight
- deliciar
deliciar
42,754 corpus weight
- dictionary
dictionary
42,734 corpus weight
- distrofia
distrofia
42,730 corpus weight
- embriologia
embriologia
42,716 corpus weight
- escopeta
escopeta
42,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “distrofia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “distrofia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
distrofia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,271 among 1,193 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distrofia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A biópsia confirmou distrofia do tecido muscular
O paciente tem distrofia muscular de início infantil
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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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