desejo
/dɨ.ˈzaj.ʒu/
The verdict
“desejo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquilo que se deseja
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 | desejo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈzaj.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desejo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around desejo (IPA /dɨ.ˈzaj.ʒu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,189 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for desejo, with forms such as "ddesejo", "deesjo", and "desejjo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "desvio", "desuso", "destro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is desejo, spelled D-E-S-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1aquilo que se deseja
- 2apetite
- 3cobiça
- 4anseio
- 5propósito
- 6intuito
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesejo
- deesjo
- desejjo
- deseoj
- desjeo
- dessejo
- dseejo
- edsejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desejo - 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.
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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Using “desejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.ˈzaj.ʒu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desvio” - see the side-by-side comparison. desejo vs desvio
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.