dat
[dɑt]
The verdict
“dat” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,908) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #49,908
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele; pronome neutro que se refere a algo ou alguém distante de quem fala
Corpus desk
Index PT-dat · dat · Portuguese
dat · rank #49,908 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,908
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH degustar
Nearest frequency peer: degustar (+3 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 “dat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- comprimir
comprimir
50,123 corpus weight
- comunais
comunais
50,122 corpus weight
- condition
condition
50,121 corpus weight
- consorte
consorte
50,116 corpus weight
- dat
dat
50,093 corpus weight
- degustar
degustar
50,090 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dat” 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 | dat |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [dɑt] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #49,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “dat” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dat is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "do", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [dɑt]. Frequency #49,908 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Gloss: "aquele; pronome neutro que se refere a algo ou alguém distante de quem fala".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dat, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "do", "DJ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is dat, spelled D-A-T.
Definition
- 1aquele; pronome neutro que se refere a algo ou alguém distante de quem fala
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "dat" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "de". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #49,908 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.