responsável

//Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ// adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#835

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

responsável is anPortugueseadj. It means: que tem que cumprir obrigações suas ou alheias Pronounced /Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/. It ranks #835 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for responsável
PropertyValue
Headwordresponsável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#835
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for responsável is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #835 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for responsável, with forms such as "ersponsável", "repsonsável", and "resopnsável". 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 responsável, spelled R-E-S-P-O-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
    que tem que cumprir obrigações suas ou alheias
  2. 2
    que responde pelos seus atos ou pelos de outrem

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersponsável,repsonsável,resopnsável,respnosável,responnsável,responssável,responsváel,responsáevl,responsávell,responsávle,responsávvel,responásvel,resposnável,respponsável,ressponsável,rresponsável,rseponsável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for responsável

Misspelling Variants of "responsável"

ersponsável11repsonsável11resopnsável11respnosável11responnsável12responssável12responsváel11responsáevl11
Misspelling Variants of "responsável"

Frequency rank: #835 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "responsável"?
"responsável" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-Á-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/.
What does "responsável" mean?
As an adj, "responsável" means: que tem que cumprir obrigações suas ou alheias
What are common misspellings of "responsável"?
Common misspellings include "ersponsável", "repsonsável", "resopnsável", "respnosável", "responnsável". The correct spelling is "responsável".
How do you pronounce "responsável"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "responsável" is /Rɨʃ.põ.ˈsa.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "responsável" come from?
"responsável" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.