desejar
/dɨ.zɨ.ˈʒaɾ/
The verdict
“desejar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,892
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - querer realizar algo
Corpus desk
Index PT-desejar · desejar · Portuguese
desejar · rank #3,892 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,892
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH democrático
Nearest frequency peer: democrático (-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 “desejar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cobre
cobre
96,113 corpus weight
- comemorar
comemorar
96,112 corpus weight
- criminal
criminal
96,111 corpus weight
- democrático
democrático
96,110 corpus weight
- desejar
desejar
96,109 corpus weight
- diabo
diabo
96,107 corpus weight
What this shows “desejar” 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 | desejar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.zɨ.ˈʒaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desejar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around desejar (IPA /dɨ.zɨ.ˈʒaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,892 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for desejar, with forms such as "ddesejar", "deesjar", and "deseajr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "desejo", "desviar", "desenhar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is desejar, spelled D-E-S-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1querer realizar algo
- 2ter desejos, favoráveis ou não
- 3dizer despedida ou saudação
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em breve, o motorista que desejar estacionar seu veículo por um tempo ainda maior poderá comprar as horas adicionais por celular.
Questionando seus interlocutores, eles lembram que as massas alemãs acabaram por desejar o nazismo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesejar
- deesjar
- deseajr
- desejarr
- desejjar
- desejra
- desjear
- dessejar
- dseejar
- edsejar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desejar - 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.
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 "desejar", 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).