desgastar
/deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/
The verdict
“desgastar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - destruir pouco a pouco
Corpus desk
Index PT-desgastar · desgastar · Portuguese
desgastar · rank #37,754 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,754
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH designadamente
Nearest frequency peer: designadamente (+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 “desgastar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- dare
dare
62,261 corpus weight
- delirar
delirar
62,257 corpus weight
- demónio
demónio
62,255 corpus weight
- desgastar
desgastar
62,247 corpus weight
- designadame…
designadamente
62,246 corpus weight
- doutrinação
doutrinação
62,232 corpus weight
What this shows “desgastar” 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 | desgastar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desgastar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around desgastar (IPA /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,754 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "destruir pouco a pouco".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for desgastar, with forms such as "ddesgastar", "degsastar", and "desagstar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "desgaste", "devastar", "despistar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is desgastar, spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1destruir pouco a pouco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desgastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As ondas do mar desgastam as falésias.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesgastar
- degsastar
- desagstar
- desgasatr
- desgasstar
- desgastarr
- desgastra
- desgasttar
- desgatsar
- desggastar
- desgsatar
- dessgastar
- dsegastar
- edsgastar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desgastar - 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 "desgastar", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).