dende
/ˈdẽdɨ/
The verdict
“dende” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,594 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,594
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma obsoleta de desde
Corpus desk
Index PT-dende · dende · Portuguese
dende · rank #97,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,594
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH depredar
Nearest frequency peer: depredar (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “dende”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- deed
deed
2,413 corpus weight
- dende
dende
2,407 corpus weight
- depredar
depredar
2,405 corpus weight
- desarranjo
desarranjo
2,402 corpus weight
- desatino
desatino
2,401 corpus weight
- desclassifi…
desclassificar
2,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dende” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dende |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈdẽdɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dende” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dende is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,594 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈdẽdɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma obsoleta de desde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dende, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is dende, spelled D-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1forma obsoleta de desde
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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