desconfia

verb

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The verdict

“desconfia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,601
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo desconfiar

Corpus desk

Index PT-desconfia · desconfia · Portuguese

desconfia · rank #24,601 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,601
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desdobramento

Nearest frequency peer: desdobramento (+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 “desconfia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “desconfia” 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).

desconfia vs desconfiar
90% similar

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

Key facts for desconfia
PropertyValue
Headworddesconfia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,601
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “desconfia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).desconfiacai 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 “desdobramento” (#24,602), “desidratação” (#24,605), “devastado” (#24,608). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desconfia” fica em #24,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around desconfia, averb. Corpus frequency is #24,601 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for desconfia, with forms such as "ddesconfia", "decsonfia", and "descconfia". 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, "desconfiar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is desconfia, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-F-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo desconfiar
  2. 2
    segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo desconfiar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. E bom não teres muita confiança nos homens. Desconfia de tudo quanto eles te dizem.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesconfia
  • decsonfia
  • descconfia
  • descnofia
  • descofnia
  • desconfai
  • desconffia
  • desconifa
  • desconnfia
  • desocnfia
  • dessconfia
  • dseconfia
  • edsconfia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddesconfia1decsonfia2descconfia1descnofia2descofnia2desconfai2desconffia1desconifa2
Edit distance from "desconfia"

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 "desconfia"?
"desconfia" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-F-I-A.
What does "desconfia" mean?
As a verb, "desconfia" means: terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo desconfiar
What words are commonly confused with "desconfia"?
"desconfia" is commonly confused with "desconfiar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "desconfia" come from?
"desconfia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devastado#24,608coincidir#24,567esplanada#24,636framboesa#24,654

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

humanismo13 variantsvivenciar13 variantsreprovação13 variantsconfraria13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list