dentro

//ˈdẽ.tɾu// adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#244

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

dentro is anPortugueseadv. It means: na parte interior Pronounced /ˈdẽ.tɾu/. It ranks #244 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with destro and doentio.

Key facts for dentro
PropertyValue
Headworddentro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/ˈdẽ.tɾu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#244
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dentro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dentro is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdẽ.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #244 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for dentro, with forms such as "ddentro", "denntro", and "denrto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "destro", "doentio", "destroy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is dentro, spelled D-E-N-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    na parte interior
  2. 2
    ao interior de

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddentro,denntro,denrto,dentor,dentrro,denttro,detnro,dnetro,edntro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dentro

Misspelling Variants of "dentro"

ddentro7denntro7denrto6dentor6dentrro7denttro7detnro6dnetro6
Misspelling Variants of "dentro"

Frequency rank: #244 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dentro"?
"dentro" is spelled D-E-N-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdẽ.tɾu/.
What does "dentro" mean?
As an adv, "dentro" means: na parte interior
What words are commonly confused with "dentro"?
"dentro" is commonly confused with "destro", "doentio", "destroy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dentro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentro" is /ˈdẽ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentro" come from?
"dentro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.