desligar
/dɨʒ.li.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“desligar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,406
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - interromper um circuito elétrico
Corpus desk
Index PT-desligar · desligar · Portuguese
desligar · rank #6,406 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,406
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desporto
Nearest frequency peer: desporto (+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 “desligar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- declarar
declarar
93,601 corpus weight
- decoração
decoração
93,600 corpus weight
- desaparecim…
desaparecimento
93,599 corpus weight
- desligar
desligar
93,595 corpus weight
- desporto
desporto
93,593 corpus weight
- divino
divino
93,590 corpus weight
What this shows “desligar” 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 | desligar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʒ.li.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “desligar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around desligar (IPA /dɨʒ.li.ˈɡaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,406 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for desligar, with forms such as "ddesligar", "delsigar", and "desilgar". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "desviar", "deslocar", "deslizar", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is desligar, spelled D-E-S-L-I-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1interromper um circuito elétrico
- 2interromper o funcionamento ao pôr no gancho ou passar a um modo que não está mais ligado
- 3terminar ligação telefônica
- 4deixar de ter contato interpessoal
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desligar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela desligou o telefone na sua cara?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesligar
- delsigar
- desilgar
- deslgiar
- desliagr
- desligarr
- desliggar
- desligra
- deslligar
- dessligar
- dseligar
- edsligar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desligar - 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 "desligar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).