dés
/de/
The verdict
“dés” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de dé
Corpus desk
Index PT-des · dés · Portuguese
dés · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dés |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /de/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dés” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dés is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /de/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de dé".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dés, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dés, spelled D-É-S.
Definition
- 1plural de dé
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est à ton tour Marcel, lances les dés.
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