descendente
/dɨʃ.sẽ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“descendente” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,692
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de algo que desce
Corpus desk
Index PT-descendente · descendente · Portuguese
descendente · rank #10,692 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,692
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desvantagem
Nearest frequency peer: desvantagem (+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 “descendente”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- descendente
descendente
89,309 corpus weight
- desvantagem
desvantagem
89,308 corpus weight
- dezoito
dezoito
89,307 corpus weight
- diferencial
diferencial
89,306 corpus weight
- dilema
dilema
89,305 corpus weight
- disponibili…
disponibilizar
89,304 corpus weight
What this shows “descendente” 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 | descendente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.sẽ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “descendente”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around descendente (IPA /dɨʃ.sẽ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,692 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se de algo que desce".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for descendente, with forms such as "ddescendente", "decsendente", and "desccendente". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "descontente", "dependente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is descendente, spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1diz-se de algo que desce
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how descendente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
pistas descendentes da Anchieta e da Imigrantes
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddescendente
- decsendente
- desccendente
- descednente
- descenddente
- descendenet
- descendennte
- descendentte
- descendetne
- descendnete
- descenednte
- descenndente
- descnedente
- desecndente
- desscendente
- dsecendente
- edscendente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descendente - 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 "descendente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).