desse

//ˈde.sɨ// contraction

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#391

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

desse is aPortuguesecontraction. It means: contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esse: Pronounced /ˈde.sɨ/. It ranks #391 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with deus and deve.

Key facts for desse
PropertyValue
Headworddesse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
IPA/ˈde.sɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#391
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desse in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for desse is 5 letters long, classified as acontraction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈde.sɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #391 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for desse, with forms such as "ddesse", "dese", and "deses". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "deus", "deve", "disse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is desse, spelled D-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esse:
  2. 2
    contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esse:

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesse,dese,deses,dsese,edsse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desse

Misspelling Variants of "desse"

ddesse6dese4deses5dsese5edsse5
Misspelling Variants of "desse"

Frequency rank: #391 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desse"?
"desse" is spelled D-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈde.sɨ/.
What does "desse" mean?
As a contraction, "desse" means: contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esse:
What words are commonly confused with "desse"?
"desse" is commonly confused with "deus", "deve", "disse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desse" is /ˈde.sɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desse" come from?
"desse" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.