descer
/dɨʃ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“descer” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,630 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,630
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ir ou passar de um lugar mais alto para um lugar mais baixo
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 | descer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “descer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for descer is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʃ.ˈseɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,630 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for descer, with forms such as "ddescer", "decser", and "desccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "desde", "deste", "desse", and more, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is descer, spelled D-E-S-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1ir ou passar de um lugar mais alto para um lugar mais baixo
- 2passar do mais alto para o mais baixo em qualquer escala ou série
- 3levar de um lugar mais alto a um mais baixo
- 4não seguir padrões morais, intelectuais ou sociais
- 5dirigir-se à linha do horizonte (astro)
- 6o ato de um orixá baixar num médium
- 7passar por meio da deglutição ao trato digestivo
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddescer,decser,desccer,descerr,descre,desecr,desscer,dsecer,edscer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descer - 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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Using “descer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨʃ.ˈseɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desde” - see the side-by-side comparison. descer vs desde
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.