death

/dɛθ/

//dɛθ// noun

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The verdict

“death” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,267
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - morte

Corpus desk

Index PT-death · death · Portuguese

death · rank #7,267 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,267
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH dem

Nearest frequency peer: dem (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “death”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “death” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

death vs deste
60% similar
death vs desta
60% similar
death vs dente
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for death
PropertyValue
Headworddeath
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɛθ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,267
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “death”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).deathcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “dem” (#7,268), “corporação” (#7,265), “desaparecido” (#7,269). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “death” fica em #7,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around death (IPA /dɛθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,267 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for death, with forms such as "daeth", "ddeath", and "deaht". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "deste", "desta", "dente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is death, spelled D-E-A-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    morte
  2. 2
    personificação da morte, o Ceifador, representado com capuz e face esquelética

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how death appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.
  2. Till death us do part.

Synonyms

Grim Reaper

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daeth
  • ddeath
  • deaht
  • deathh
  • deatth
  • detah
  • edath

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of death - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

daeth2ddeath1deaht2deathh1deatth1detah2edath2
Edit distance from "death"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "death"?
"death" is spelled D-E-A-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /dɛθ/.
What does "death" mean?
As a noun, "death" means: morte
What words are commonly confused with "death"?
"death" is commonly confused with "deste", "desta", "dente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "death"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "death" is /dɛθ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "death" come from?
"death" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "death", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calmo#7,257bella#7,252angel#7,242vício#7,235

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

money7 variantsporção7 variantssexto7 variantstesta7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list