dessa

/ˈdɛ.sɐ/

//ˈdɛ.sɐ// contraction

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The verdict

“dessa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#375
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo feminino essa:

Corpus desk

Index PT-dessa · dessa · Portuguese

dessa · rank #375 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #375
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desenvolvimen…

Nearest frequency peer: desenvolvimento (-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 “dessa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “dessa” 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).

dessa vs deus
60% similar
dessa vs disse
60% similar
dessa vs disso
60% similar

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

Key facts for dessa
PropertyValue
Headworddessa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
IPA/ˈdɛ.sɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#375
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “dessa”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desenvolvimento” (#374), “cinco” (#373), “início” (#377). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dessa” fica em #375. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dessa (IPA /ˈdɛ.sɐ/), acontraction. Corpus frequency is #375 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo feminino essa:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessa, with forms such as "ddessa", "desa", and "desas". 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. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "deus", "disse", "disso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is dessa, spelled D-E-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo feminino essa:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A preparação dessa viagem está tomando todo o meu tempo livre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddessa
  • desa
  • desas
  • dsesa
  • edssa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dessa - 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.

ddessa1desa1desas2dsesa2edssa2
Edit distance from "dessa"

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 "dessa"?
"dessa" is spelled D-E-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɛ.sɐ/.
What does "dessa" mean?
As a contraction, "dessa" means: contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo feminino essa:
What words are commonly confused with "dessa"?
"dessa" is commonly confused with "deus", "disse", "disso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessa" is /ˈdɛ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessa" come from?
"dessa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cinco#373livro#378algum#371tenha#369

Similar misspelling depth

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

medo5 variantsdesse5 variantsrede5 variantsfosse5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list