casa de detenção
The verdict
“casa de detenção” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prisão pública onde os criminosos cumprem suas penas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casa de detenção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casa de detenção” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
casa de detenção is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prisão pública onde os criminosos cumprem suas penas".
casa de detenção doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is casa de detenção, spelled C-A-S-A- -D-E- -D-E-T-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1prisão pública onde os criminosos cumprem suas penas
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.
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Using “casa de detenção”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-S-A- -D-E- -D-E-T-E-N-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.