desempate
/dɨ.zẽ.ˈpa.tɨ/
The verdict
“desempate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,971
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de desempatar
Corpus desk
Index PT-desempate · desempate · Portuguese
desempate · rank #25,971 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,971
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH descobrimento
Nearest frequency peer: descobrimento (-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 “desempate”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- degeneração
degeneração
74,035 corpus weight
- desastroso
desastroso
74,033 corpus weight
- descobrimen…
descobrimento
74,031 corpus weight
- desempate
desempate
74,030 corpus weight
- destemido
destemido
74,027 corpus weight
- detento
detento
74,026 corpus weight
What this shows “desempate” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desempate |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.zẽ.ˈpa.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desempate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around desempate (IPA /dɨ.zẽ.ˈpa.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,971 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 desempate, with forms such as "ddesempate", "deesmpate", and "desemapte". 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is desempate, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de desempatar
- 2situação de existência de vencedor em jogo, disputa ou votação
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesempate
- deesmpate
- desemapte
- desemmpate
- desempaet
- desempatte
- desemppate
- desemptae
- desepmate
- desmepate
- dessempate
- dseempate
- edsempate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desempate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "desempate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).