destilação

/dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“destilação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,946
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de destilar

Corpus desk

Index PT-destilacao · destilação · Portuguese

destilação · rank #41,946 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,946
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH despontar

Nearest frequency peer: despontar (-3 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 “destilação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “destilação” 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).

destilação vs depilação
80% similar
destilação vs desolação
80% similar

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

Key facts for destilação
PropertyValue
Headworddestilação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,946
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “destilação”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.destilaçãocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “despontar” (#41,943), “descritivo” (#41,940), “desabrochar” (#41,938). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “destilação” fica em #41,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around destilação (IPA /dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,946 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 destilação, with forms such as "ddestilação", "desitlação", and "desstilação". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "depilação", "desolação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is destilação, spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de destilar
  2. 2
    método de separação de substâncias líquidas baseado no fenômeno de equilíbrio líquido-vapor

This word in other languages

distillation(English)destilación(Español)distillation(Français)Destillation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestilação
  • desitlação
  • desstilação
  • destialção
  • destilaãço
  • destilaçoã
  • destillação
  • destilçaão
  • destliação
  • desttilação
  • detsilação
  • dsetilação
  • edstilação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddestilação1desitlação2desstilação1destialção2destilaãço2destilaçoã2destillação1destilçaão2
Edit distance from "destilação"

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 "destilação"?
"destilação" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "destilação" mean?
As a noun, "destilação" means: ato ou efeito de destilar
What words are commonly confused with "destilação"?
"destilação" is commonly confused with "depilação", "desolação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destilação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destilação" is /dɨʃ.ti.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destilação" come from?
"destilação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

descritivo#41,940conjuntivo#41,905extrapolar#42,002futilidade#42,020

Similar misspelling depth

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

dermatite13 variantscatalogar13 variantscaderneta13 variantsantártico13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list