destra

noun

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The verdict

“destra” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,563 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,563
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a mão, a perna ou o pé do lado direito do corpo

Corpus desk

Index PT-destra · destra · Portuguese

destra · rank #51,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,563
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desunião

Nearest frequency peer: desunião (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “destra”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “destra” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for destra
PropertyValue
Headworddestra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,563
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “destra” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.destracai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desunião” (#51,564), “descontração” (#51,558), “dispendioso” (#51,569). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “destra” fica em #51,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

destra is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,563 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a mão, a perna ou o pé do lado direito do corpo".

destra has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is destra, spelled D-E-S-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    a mão, a perna ou o pé do lado direito do corpo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how destra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O jogador chutou com a destra.

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 "destra"?
"destra" is spelled D-E-S-T-R-A.
What does "destra" mean?
As a noun, "destra" means: a mão, a perna ou o pé do lado direito do corpo
What language does "destra" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

empada#51,586granel#51,642braçal#51,483manjar#51,717

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list