desconfiança

noun

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The verdict

“desconfiança” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,247
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausência de confiança

Corpus desk

Index PT-desconfianca · desconfiança · Portuguese

desconfiança · rank #11,247 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,247
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH Damasco

Nearest frequency peer: Damasco (-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 “desconfiança”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “desconfiança” 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
Key facts for desconfiança
PropertyValue
Headworddesconfiança
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,247
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “desconfiança”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).desconfiançacai 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 “Damasco” (#11,246), “desportiva” (#11,248), “cápsula” (#11,245). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “desconfiança” fica em #11,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around desconfiança, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,247 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ausência de confiança".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for desconfiança, with forms such as "ddesconfiança", "decsonfiança", and "descconfiança". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented 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 desconfiança, spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-F-I-A-N-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ausência de confiança

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «Recebi a notícia com alguma desconfiança, pois parecia boa demais para ser verdade.»

This word in other languages

distrust(English)desconfianza(Español)méfiance(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesconfiança
  • decsonfiança
  • descconfiança
  • descnofiança
  • descofniança
  • desconfainça
  • desconffiança
  • desconfianaç
  • desconfiannça
  • desconfiaçna
  • desconfinaça
  • desconifança
  • desconnfiança
  • desocnfiança
  • dessconfiança
  • dseconfiança
  • edsconfiança

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desconfiança - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddesconfiança1decsonfiança2descconfiança1descnofiança2descofniança2desconfainça2desconffiança1desconfianaç2
Edit distance from "desconfiança"

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 "desconfiança"?
"desconfiança" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-F-I-A-N-Ç-A.
What does "desconfiança" mean?
As a noun, "desconfiança" means: ausência de confiança
What are common misspellings of "desconfiança"?
Common misspellings include "ddesconfiança", "decsonfiança", "descconfiança", "descnofiança", "descofniança". The correct spelling is "desconfiança".
What language does "desconfiança" come from?
"desconfiança" 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 "desconfiança", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list