Damasco
/daˈmas.ku/
The verdict
“Damasco” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,246 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,246
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - capital da Síria e antiga capital de vários estados, como o Califado Omíada e Arã-Damasco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Damasco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /daˈmas.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Damasco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Damasco is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /daˈmas.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,246 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "capital da Síria e antiga capital de vários estados, como o Califado Omíada e Arã-Damasco".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Damasco, with forms such as "admasco", "daamsco", and "damacso". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Damasco, spelled D-A-M-A-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1capital da Síria e antiga capital de vários estados, como o Califado Omíada e Arã-Damasco
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: admasco,daamsco,damacso,damascco,damasoc,damassco,dammasco,damsaco,ddamasco,dmaasco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Damasco - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Damasco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-A-M-A-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /daˈmas.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.