defendo
/deːˈfen.doː/
The verdict
“defendo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,757
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afastar.
Corpus desk
Index PT-defendo · defendo · Portuguese
defendo · rank #17,757 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,757
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desigual
Nearest frequency peer: desigual (+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 “defendo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- contraponto
contraponto
82,256 corpus weight
- creek
creek
82,249 corpus weight
- defendo
defendo
82,244 corpus weight
- desigual
desigual
82,241 corpus weight
- desmaiar
desmaiar
82,240 corpus weight
- dialeto
dialeto
82,238 corpus weight
What this shows “defendo” 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 | defendo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /deːˈfen.doː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “defendo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around defendo (IPA /deːˈfen.doː/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,757 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for defendo, with forms such as "ddefendo", "deefndo", and "defedno". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "dizendo", "desenho", "defunto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is defendo, spelled D-E-F-E-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1afastar.
- 2defender, guardar, proteger.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddefendo
- deefndo
- defedno
- defenddo
- defenndo
- defenod
- deffendo
- defnedo
- dfeendo
- edfendo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of defendo - 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 "defendo", 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).