dente
The verdict
“dente” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,404
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar, arrancar, triturar e moer alimentos, assim como para defesa e ataque
Corpus desk
Index PT-dente · dente · Portuguese
dente · rank #5,404 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,404
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH depender
Nearest frequency peer: depender (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dente”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- criatura
criatura
94,601 corpus weight
- decidido
decidido
94,599 corpus weight
- dente
dente
94,597 corpus weight
- depender
depender
94,596 corpus weight
- descanso
descanso
94,595 corpus weight
- desemprego
desemprego
94,594 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dente” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “dente” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dente, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,404 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dente, with forms such as "ddente", "denet", and "dennte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "deve", "dote", "done", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is dente, spelled D-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar, arrancar, triturar e moer alimentos, assim como para defesa e ataque
- 2saliência em uma superfície plana
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brown explicou que o achado é especialmente significativo por causa das marcas de dente, que estão bem definidas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddente
- denet
- dennte
- dentte
- detne
- dnete
- ednte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "dente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dente". Here's where to go from here.
- "dente" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "deve". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,404 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.