debater
/dɨ.bɐ.ˈteɾ/
The verdict
“debater” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,892
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - discutir
Corpus desk
Index PT-debater · debater · Portuguese
debater · rank #7,892 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,892
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH conviver
Nearest frequency peer: conviver (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “debater”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- concluído
concluído
92,114 corpus weight
- conviver
conviver
92,112 corpus weight
- debater
debater
92,109 corpus weight
- dependente
dependente
92,106 corpus weight
- detetive
detetive
92,103 corpus weight
- dormi
dormi
92,102 corpus weight
What this shows “debater” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | debater |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.bɐ.ˈteɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “debater”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around debater (IPA /dɨ.bɐ.ˈteɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,892 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for debater, with forms such as "dbeater", "ddebater", and "deabter". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "deter", "delator", "desatar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is debater, spelled D-E-B-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1discutir
- 2disputar
- 3contestar
- 4agitar-se com violência procurando resistir ou desprender-se
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbeater
- ddebater
- deabter
- debaetr
- debaterr
- debatre
- debatter
- debbater
- debtaer
- edbater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of debater - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "debater", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).