desde

//ˈdeʒ.dɨ// prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#155

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

desde is aPortugueseprep. It means: a começar de; a partir de Pronounced /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/. It ranks #155 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with deve and disse.

Key facts for desde
PropertyValue
Headworddesde
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPrep
IPA/ˈdeʒ.dɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#155
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desde in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desde is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #155 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a começar de; a partir de".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for desde, with forms such as "ddesde", "dedse", and "desdde". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "deve", "disse", "deste", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is desde, spelled D-E-S-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    a começar de; a partir de

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesde,dedse,desdde,desed,dessde,dsede,edsde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desde

Misspelling Variants of "desde"

ddesde6dedse5desdde6desed5dessde6dsede5edsde5
Misspelling Variants of "desde"

Frequency rank: #155 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desde"?
"desde" is spelled D-E-S-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/.
What does "desde" mean?
As a prep, "desde" means: a começar de; a partir de
What words are commonly confused with "desde"?
"desde" is commonly confused with "deve", "disse", "deste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desde" is /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desde" come from?
"desde" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.