destacado

/dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/

//dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du// adj

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The verdict

“destacado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,170
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se destacou

Corpus desk

Index PT-destacado · destacado · Portuguese

destacado · rank #10,170 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,170
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desafiar

Nearest frequency peer: desafiar (-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 “destacado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “destacado” 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).

destacado vs destacar
78% similar
destacado vs destinado
78% similar
destacado vs deslocado
78% similar

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

Key facts for destacado
PropertyValue
Headworddestacado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,170
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “destacado”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).destacadocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desafiar” (#10,168), “detrás” (#10,172), “delgado” (#10,167). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “destacado” fica em #10,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around destacado (IPA /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,170 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for destacado, with forms such as "ddestacado", "desatcado", and "desstacado". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "destacar", "destinado", "deslocado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is destacado, spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se destacou
  2. 2
    que está desunido; isolado, solto

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestacado
  • desatcado
  • desstacado
  • destaacdo
  • destacaddo
  • destacaod
  • destaccado
  • destacdao
  • destcaado
  • desttacado
  • detsacado
  • dsetacado
  • edstacado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddestacado1desatcado2desstacado1destaacdo2destacaddo1destacaod2destaccado1destacdao2
Edit distance from "destacado"

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 "destacado"?
"destacado" is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/.
What does "destacado" mean?
As an adjective, "destacado" means: que se destacou
What words are commonly confused with "destacado"?
"destacado" is commonly confused with "destacar", "destinado", "deslocado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destacado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destacado" is /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destacado" come from?
"destacado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incerteza#10,199irritante#10,203arrogante#10,134minimizar#10,213

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Alessandro13 variantsAlejandro13 variantssantidade13 variantsarmamento13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list