dali
The verdict
“dali” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,049
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali:
Corpus desk
Index PT-dali · dali · Portuguese
dali · rank #6,049 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,049
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH câmbio
Nearest frequency peer: câmbio (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dali”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- creme
creme
93,955 corpus weight
- cumprimento
cumprimento
93,954 corpus weight
- câmbio
câmbio
93,953 corpus weight
- dali
dali
93,952 corpus weight
- destruído
destruído
93,950 corpus weight
- dicionário
dicionário
93,949 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dali” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dali |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dali” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dali, acontraction. Corpus frequency is #6,049 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dali, with forms such as "adli", "dail", and "dalli". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "das", "dar", "del", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dali, spelled D-A-L-I.
Definition
- 1contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali:
- 2contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali:
- 3contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali:
- 4contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dali appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
como as águas do mar que batiam furiosas no rochedo que eles viam dali.
ela pediu-me segredo e revelou-me o que era: uma viagem à Europa dali a dous anos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adli
- dail
- dalli
- ddali
- dlai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dali - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dali", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dali". Here's where to go from here.
- "dali" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "das". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,049 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.