depressa

Name: depressa, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/

//dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ// adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“depressa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,173
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,193
“D” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - com rapidez, demorando pouco:

Corpus desk

Index PT-depressa · depressa · Portuguese

depressa · rank #9,173 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #9,173
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,193
PHOTO-FINISH cuidadosamente

Nearest frequency peer: cuidadosamente (-3 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.

covarde

90,834
Crônicas

90,832
cuidadosame…

90,831
depressa

90,828
distinguir

90,823
diâmetro

90,822

What this shows “depressa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

depressa vs depressão

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for depressa
Property	Value
Headword	depressa
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	/dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#9,173
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “depressa”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).depressacai aqui:

#9,173

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cuidadosamente” (#9,170), “Crônicas” (#9,169), “distinguir” (#9,178). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “depressa” fica em #9,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around depressa (IPA /dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,173 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "com rapidez, demorando pouco:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for depressa, with forms such as "ddepressa", "deperssa", and "deppressa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "depressão", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 depressa, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A.

Definition

1
com rapidez, demorando pouco:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how depressa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

“E se a sentença se anuncia bruta / Mais que depressa a mão cega executa / Pois que senão o coração perdoa”

Synonyms

de relance rapidamente rápidovapt vupt

This word in other languages

fast(English)rápido(Español)vite(Français)schnell(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddepressa
deperssa
deppressa
depresa
depresas
deprressa
deprsesa
derpessa
dperessa
edpressa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of depressa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "depressa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depressa"?

"depressa" is spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/.

What does "depressa" mean?

As an adverb, "depressa" means: com rapidez, demorando pouco:

What words are commonly confused with "depressa"?

"depressa" is commonly confused with "depressão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "depressa"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depressa" is /dɨ.ˈpɾɛ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "depressa" come from?

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "depressa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Crônicas#9,169 diâmetro#9,179 estudado#9,186 forçando#9,193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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