desânimo
/dɨ.ˈzɐ.ni.mu/
The verdict
“desânimo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,681
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falta de ânimo
Corpus desk
Index PT-desanimo · desânimo · Portuguese
desânimo · rank #19,681 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,681
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH despedido
Nearest frequency peer: despedido (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “desânimo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- couve
couve
80,330 corpus weight
- cárcere
cárcere
80,328 corpus weight
- derramamento
derramamento
80,324 corpus weight
- despedido
despedido
80,321 corpus weight
- desânimo
desânimo
80,320 corpus weight
- discórdia
discórdia
80,314 corpus weight
What this shows “desânimo” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desânimo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈzɐ.ni.mu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desânimo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around desânimo (IPA /dɨ.ˈzɐ.ni.mu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,681 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desânimo, with forms such as "ddesânimo", "desnâimo", and "dessânimo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "desafio", "desanimar", "desanimado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is desânimo, spelled D-E-S-Â-N-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1falta de ânimo
- 2desalento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesânimo
- desnâimo
- dessânimo
- desâinmo
- desânimmo
- desâniom
- desânmio
- desânnimo
- deâsnimo
- dseânimo
- edsânimo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desânimo - 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.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desânimo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).