degustação

noun

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The verdict

“degustação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,658
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de degustar

Corpus desk

Index PT-degustacao · degustação · Portuguese

degustação · rank #34,658 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,658
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH defrontar

Nearest frequency peer: defrontar (-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 “degustação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “degustação” 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).

degustação vs devastação
80% similar

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

Key facts for degustação
PropertyValue
Headworddegustação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,658
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “degustação”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).degustaçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “defrontar” (#34,657), “dam” (#34,654), “cólica” (#34,652). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “degustação” fica em #34,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around degustação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,658 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for degustação, with forms such as "ddegustação", "deggustação", and "degsutação". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "devastação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 degustação, spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de degustar
  2. 2
    ação de degustar, de provar ou avaliar o sabor de algo
  3. 3
    avaliação detalhada de algo, por meio do paladar; prova
  4. 4
    experiência agradável, prazerosa

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Degustação de vinhos.
  2. Degustação de bons filmes.

Synonyms

prova

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddegustação
  • deggustação
  • degsutação
  • degusatção
  • degusstação
  • degustaãço
  • degustaçoã
  • degusttação
  • degustçaão
  • degutsação
  • deugstação
  • dgeustação
  • edgustação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of degustação - 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.

ddegustação1deggustação1degsutação2degusatção2degusstação1degustaãço2degustaçoã2degusttação1
Edit distance from "degustação"

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 "degustação"?
"degustação" is spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "degustação" mean?
As a noun, "degustação" means: ato ou efeito de degustar
What words are commonly confused with "degustação"?
"degustação" is commonly confused with "devastação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "degustação" come from?
"degustação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exclamação#34,707reciclável#34,436reversível#34,897porventura#34,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

figurante13 variantsimpulsivo13 variantsapostador13 variantsantivírus13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list