# debate

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /dɨ.ˈba.tɨ/ · frequency rank #2,270

## Definitions
1. discussão
2. contestação

## Easily confused with
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-deste)
- **dente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-dente)
- **débito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-debito)
- **decote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-decote)
- **delete** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-delete)
- **decade** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-decade)
- **debater** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debate-vs-debater)
- **death** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/death-vs-debate)

## Common misspellings (8)
`dbeate`, `ddebate`, `deabte`, `debaet`, `debatte`, `debbate`, `debtae`, `edbate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/debate