indispensável

//ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ// adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,769

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

indispensável is anPortugueseadj. It means: essencial, imprescindível Pronounced /ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/.

Key facts for indispensável
PropertyValue
Headwordindispensável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/
Letters13
Frequency rank#13,769
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indispensável in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for indispensável is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,769 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "essencial, imprescindível".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for indispensável, with forms such as "idnispensável", "inddispensável", and "indipsensável". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is indispensável, spelled I-N-D-I-S-P-E-N-S-Á-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    essencial, imprescindível

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnispensável,inddispensável,indipsensável,indisepnsável,indispennsável,indispenssável,indispensváel,indispensáevl,indispensávell,indispensávle,indispensávvel,indispenásvel,indispesnável,indispnesável,indisppensável,indisspensável,indsipensável,inidspensável,inndispensável,nidispensável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indispensável

Misspelling Variants of "indispensável"

idnispensável13inddispensável14indipsensável13indisepnsável13indispennsável14indispenssável14indispensváel13indispensáevl13
Misspelling Variants of "indispensável"

Frequency rank: #13,769 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indispensável"?
"indispensável" is spelled I-N-D-I-S-P-E-N-S-Á-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/.
What does "indispensável" mean?
As an adj, "indispensável" means: essencial, imprescindível
What are common misspellings of "indispensável"?
Common misspellings include "idnispensável", "inddispensável", "indipsensável", "indisepnsável", "indispennsável". The correct spelling is "indispensável".
How do you pronounce "indispensável"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indispensável" is /ĩ.diʃ.pẽ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indispensável" come from?
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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.