# dessa

> Portuguese word · Contraction · IPA /ˈdɛ.sɐ/ · frequency rank #375

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

## Easily confused with
- **deus** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-deus)
- **disse** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-disse)
- **disso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-disso)
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-deste)
- **desta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-desta)
- **desse** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-desse)
- **desuso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-desuso)
- **devassa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-devassa)
- **dela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dela-vs-dessa)
- **desde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desde-vs-dessa)
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/delta-vs-dessa)
- **densa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/densa-vs-dessa)
- **denso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/denso-vs-dessa)
- **defesa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/defesa-vs-dessa)
- **despesa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/despesa-vs-dessa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddessa`, `desa`, `desas`, `dsesa`, `edssa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/dessa