daquele
/dɐ.ˈke.lɨ/
The verdict
“daquele” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,530 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a contraction.
- #1,530
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo aquele:
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 | daquele |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /dɐ.ˈke.lɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “daquele” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for daquele is 7 letters long, classified as a contraction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɐ.ˈke.lɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,530 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for daquele, with forms such as "adquele", "daqeule", and "daqquele". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "daquilo", "daquela", "Daniele", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 daquele, spelled D-A-Q-U-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo aquele:
- 2contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo aquele:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adquele,daqeule,daqquele,daqueel,daquelle,daqulee,dauqele,ddaquele,dqauele
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daquele - 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 “daquele”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-A-Q-U-E-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɐ.ˈke.lɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “daquilo” - see the side-by-side comparison. daquele vs daquilo
- 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.