# desta

> Portuguese word · Contraction · IPA /ˈdɛʃ.tɐ/ · frequency rank #364

## Definitions
1. contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esta

## Easily confused with
- **dita** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-dita)
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-deste)
- **disto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-disto)
- **dieta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-dieta)
- **destro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-destro)
- **distal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desta-vs-distal)
- **dela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dela-vs-desta)
- **data** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/data-vs-desta)
- **desde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desde-vs-desta)
- **dessa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dessa-vs-desta)
- **desse** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desse-vs-desta)
- **dente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-desta)
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/delta-vs-desta)
- **death** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/death-vs-desta)
- **densa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/densa-vs-desta)
- **deitar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deitar-vs-desta)
- **dental** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dental-vs-desta)
- **denota** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/denota-vs-desta)
- **desatar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desatar-vs-desta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddesta`, `desat`, `dessta`, `destta`, `detsa`, `dseta`, `edsta`

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