destacar
/dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“destacar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,083
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enviar em destacamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-destacar · destacar · Portuguese
destacar · rank #5,083 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,083
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH demonstração
Nearest frequency peer: demonstração (-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 “destacar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- consequente…
consequentemente
94,925 corpus weight
- costumes
costumes
94,923 corpus weight
- defensor
defensor
94,920 corpus weight
- demonstração
demonstração
94,919 corpus weight
- destacar
destacar
94,918 corpus weight
- disciplina
disciplina
94,915 corpus weight
What this shows “destacar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destacar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “destacar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around destacar (IPA /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈkaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,083 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for destacar, with forms such as "ddestacar", "desatcar", and "desstacar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "destinar", "desatar", "deslocar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is destacar, spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1enviar em destacamento
- 2pôr em evidência, salientar
- 3distinguir-se, fazer-se notado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how destacar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O governo destacou tropas para a fronteira.
De todos eles, destaquei o mais brilhante.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddestacar
- desatcar
- desstacar
- destaacr
- destacarr
- destaccar
- destacra
- destcaar
- desttacar
- detsacar
- dsetacar
- edstacar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destacar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "destacar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).