descobridor

noun

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The verdict

“descobridor” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,081
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que descobre

Corpus desk

Index PT-descobridor · descobridor · Portuguese

descobridor · rank #40,081 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,081
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH descontado

Nearest frequency peer: descontado (+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 “descobridor”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “descobridor” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

descobridor vs descobrir
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for descobridor
PropertyValue
Headworddescobridor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,081
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “descobridor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.descobridorcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “descontado” (#40,083), “dentada” (#40,078), “destro” (#40,088). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “descobridor” fica em #40,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around descobridor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,081 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aquele que descobre".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for descobridor, with forms such as "ddescobridor", "decsobridor", and "descboridor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "descobrir", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is descobridor, spelled D-E-S-C-O-B-R-I-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que descobre

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how descobridor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Albert Hofmann, descobridor do LSD, morre aos 102 anos.

This word in other languages

discoverer(English)découvreur(Français)Entdecker(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddescobridor
  • decsobridor
  • descboridor
  • desccobridor
  • descobbridor
  • descobirdor
  • descobrdior
  • descobriddor
  • descobridorr
  • descobridro
  • descobriodr
  • descobrridor
  • descorbidor
  • desocbridor
  • desscobridor
  • dsecobridor
  • edscobridor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descobridor - 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.

ddescobridor1decsobridor2descboridor2desccobridor1descobbridor1descobirdor2descobrdior2descobriddor1
Edit distance from "descobridor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descobridor"?
"descobridor" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-B-R-I-D-O-R.
What does "descobridor" mean?
As a noun, "descobridor" means: aquele que descobre
What words are commonly confused with "descobridor"?
"descobridor" is commonly confused with "descobrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "descobridor" come from?
"descobridor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "descobridor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dispensável#40,098casualidade#40,031absolutista#39,949neozelandês#40,260

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

hermenêutica17 variantsuniformidade17 variantsforçosamente17 variantsimprestável17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list