# dente

> Portuguese word · Noun · frequency rank #5,404

## Definitions
1. 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
2. saliência em uma superfície plana

## Easily confused with
- **deve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-deve)
- **dote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-dote)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-done)
- **desde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-desde)
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-deste)
- **desta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-desta)
- **desse** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-desse)
- **deter** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-deter)
- **donde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-donde)
- **dentro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-dentro)
- **diante** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-diante)
- **doente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-doente)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-denver)
- **duende** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-duende)
- **docente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-docente)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/den-vs-dente)
- **dele** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dente)
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/delta-vs-dente)
- **death** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/death-vs-dente)
- **densa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/densa-vs-dente)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddente`, `denet`, `dennte`, `dentte`, `detne`, `dnete`, `ednte`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/dente