descida
/dɨʃ.ˈsi.dɐ/
The verdict
“descida” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,848
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de descer
Corpus desk
Index PT-descida · descida · Portuguese
descida · rank #11,848 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,848
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH deslocar
Nearest frequency peer: deslocar (+2 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 “descida”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- costura
costura
88,159 corpus weight
- cruzado
cruzado
88,158 corpus weight
- descida
descida
88,153 corpus weight
- deslocar
deslocar
88,151 corpus weight
- despedir
despedir
88,150 corpus weight
- detecção
detecção
88,148 corpus weight
What this shows “descida” 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 | descida |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.ˈsi.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “descida”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around descida (IPA /dɨʃ.ˈsi.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,848 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for descida, with forms such as "ddescida", "decsida", and "desccida". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "despido", "descuido", "década", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is descida, spelled D-E-S-C-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1ato de descer
- 2declive
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddescida
- decsida
- desccida
- descdia
- desciad
- descidda
- desicda
- desscida
- dsecida
- edscida
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descida - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "descida", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).