destroy
/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
The verdict
“destroy” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,410
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - destruir
Corpus desk
Index PT-destroy · destroy · Portuguese
destroy · rank #42,410 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,410
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desesperar
Nearest frequency peer: desesperar (-5 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 “destroy”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- culinário
culinário
57,614 corpus weight
- DDR
DDR
57,612 corpus weight
- desamparo
desamparo
57,600 corpus weight
- desesperar
desesperar
57,596 corpus weight
- destroy
destroy
57,591 corpus weight
- eletronicam…
eletronicamente
57,572 corpus weight
What this shows “destroy” 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 | destroy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “destroy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around destroy (IPA /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,410 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "destruir".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for destroy, with forms such as "ddestroy", "desrtoy", and "desstroy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dentro", "destro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is destroy, spelled D-E-S-T-R-O-Y.
Definition
- 1destruir
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddestroy
- desrtoy
- desstroy
- destory
- destroyy
- destrroy
- destryo
- desttroy
- detsroy
- dsetroy
- edstroy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destroy - 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.
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 "destroy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).