desenho
/de.ˈze.ɲu/
The verdict
“desenho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,879
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de linhas e pontos sobre um plano que formam uma imagem ou ilustração
Corpus desk
Index PT-desenho · desenho · Portuguese
desenho · rank #1,879 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,879
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH concurso
Nearest frequency peer: concurso (-2 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 “desenho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- avenida
avenida
98,126 corpus weight
- comentário
comentário
98,125 corpus weight
- concurso
concurso
98,124 corpus weight
- desenho
desenho
98,122 corpus weight
- enfim
enfim
98,119 corpus weight
- exposição
exposição
98,117 corpus weight
What this shows “desenho” 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 | desenho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /de.ˈze.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desenho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around desenho (IPA /de.ˈze.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,879 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for desenho, with forms such as "ddesenho", "deesnho", and "desehno". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "deserto", "detento", "desfecho", 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 desenho, spelled D-E-S-E-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1conjunto de linhas e pontos sobre um plano que formam uma imagem ou ilustração
- 2o ato de desenhar
- 3uma imagem produzida por um desenhista
- 4a forma de um produto de design
- 5forma reduzida de desenho animado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desenho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O desenho daquele automóvel é fantástico
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesenho
- deesnho
- desehno
- desenhho
- desennho
- desenoh
- desneho
- dessenho
- dseenho
- edsenho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desenho - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desenho", 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).