depender

//dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,405

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

depender is aPortugueseverb. It means: estar na dependência de Pronounced /dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/. It ranks #5,405 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with desprender and defender.

Key facts for depender
PropertyValue
Headworddepender
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,405
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for depender is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,405 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for depender, with forms such as "ddepender", "deepnder", and "depedner". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desprender", "defender", 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 depender, spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estar na dependência de
  2. 2
    estar sujeito, subordinado a
  3. 3
    estar sob domínio, autoridade, influência ou arbítrio de
  4. 4
    ser a consequência de
  5. 5
    resultar
  6. 6
    não ter liberdade

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddepender,deepnder,depedner,dependder,dependerr,dependre,depenedr,depennder,depneder,deppender,dpeender,edpender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for depender

Misspelling Variants of "depender"

ddepender9deepnder8depedner8dependder9dependerr9dependre8depenedr8depennder9
Misspelling Variants of "depender"

Frequency rank: #5,405 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depender"?
"depender" is spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/.
What does "depender" mean?
As a verb, "depender" means: estar na dependência de
What words are commonly confused with "depender"?
"depender" is commonly confused with "desprender", "defender". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "depender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depender" is /dɨ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "depender" come from?
"depender" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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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.