malgrado

noun

The verdict

“malgrado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mau grado; má vontade

Corpus desk

Index PT-malgrado · malgrado · Portuguese

malgrado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for malgrado
PropertyValue
Headwordmalgrado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “malgrado” em português

malgradoestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malgrado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mau grado; má vontade".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malgrado, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is malgrado, spelled M-A-L-G-R-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mau grado; má vontade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how malgrado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «mas disporão elas a vosso malgrado...» Castilho, Palavras de Um Crente, 99. Cf. idem, Metam., 232.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malgrado"?
"malgrado" is spelled M-A-L-G-R-A-D-O.
What does "malgrado" mean?
As a noun, "malgrado" means: mau grado; má vontade
What language does "malgrado" come from?
"malgrado" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list