deserção

noun

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The verdict

“deserção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,877
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fuga; abandono do posto

Corpus desk

Index PT-desercao · deserção · Portuguese

deserção · rank #42,877 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,877
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desinteressan…

Nearest frequency peer: desinteressante (+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 “deserção”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “deserção” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

deserção vs deserto
75% similar
deserção vs detenção
75% similar
deserção vs detecção
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for deserção
PropertyValue
Headworddeserção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,877
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “deserção”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.deserçãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desinteressante” (#42,878), “despotismo” (#42,882), “decade” (#42,866). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deserção” fica em #42,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around deserção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,877 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fuga; abandono do posto".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for deserção, with forms such as "ddeserção", "deesrção", and "deserrção". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "deserto", "detenção", "detecção", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is deserção, spelled D-E-S-E-R-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    fuga; abandono do posto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how deserção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O seu termo de deserção tem a data de 13 de fevereiro de 1969.

This word in other languages

desertion(English)deserción(Español)désertion(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddeserção
  • deesrção
  • deserrção
  • deserãço
  • deserçoã
  • deseçrão
  • desreção
  • desserção
  • dseerção
  • edserção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deserção - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddeserção1deesrção2deserrção1deserãço2deserçoã2deseçrão2desreção2desserção1
Edit distance from "deserção"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deserção"?
"deserção" is spelled D-E-S-E-R-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "deserção" mean?
As a noun, "deserção" means: fuga; abandono do posto
What words are commonly confused with "deserção"?
"deserção" is commonly confused with "deserto", "detenção", "detecção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "deserção" come from?
"deserção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deserção", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cortante#42,854comichão#42,842cavalgar#42,830iorquino#42,982

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

created10 variantsCousins10 variantsamputar10 variantsmesmice10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list