défice
/ˈdɛ.fi.sɨ/
The verdict
“défice” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,304
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o que falta ou está em falta
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 | défice |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛ.fi.sɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “défice” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around défice (IPA /ˈdɛ.fi.sɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,304 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for défice, with forms such as "ddéfice", "dféice", and "défcie". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "desire", "device", "desfile", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is défice, spelled D-É-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1o que falta ou está em falta
- 2saldo negativo entre receitas e despesas; diferença assumida, num orçamento, entre a previsão de receitas e a previsão de despesas
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéfice
- dféice
- défcie
- déffice
- déficce
- défiec
- déifce
- édfice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of défice - 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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Using “défice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-É-F-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɛ.fi.sɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desire” - see the side-by-side comparison. défice vs desire
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.