detento

noun

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The verdict

“detento” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,975
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa privada de liberdade por decisão judicial; preso, recluso, encarcerado, presidiário

Corpus desk

Index PT-detento · detento · Portuguese

detento · rank #25,975 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,975
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH destemido

Nearest frequency peer: destemido (-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 “detento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “detento” 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).

detento vs detentor
88% similar
detento vs desenho
71% similar
detento vs deserto
71% similar

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

Key facts for detento
PropertyValue
Headworddetento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,975
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “detento”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “destemido” (#25,974), “desempate” (#25,971), “descobrimento” (#25,970). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “detento” fica em #25,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around detento, anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,975 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for detento, with forms such as "ddetento", "deetnto", and "detennto". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "detentor", "desenho", "deserto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is detento, spelled D-E-T-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa privada de liberdade por decisão judicial; preso, recluso, encarcerado, presidiário
  2. 2
    indivíduo que se encontra em estabelecimento prisional; interno

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O detento foi transferido para outra unidade prisional
  2. Os direitos do detento estão previstos na lei de execução penal

Synonyms

presoreclusoencarceradopresidiáriointerno

Antonyms

livresoltolibertado

This word in other languages

inmate(English)interno(Español)détenu(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddetento
  • deetnto
  • detennto
  • detenot
  • detentto
  • detetno
  • detneto
  • dettento
  • dteento
  • edtento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddetento1deetnto2detennto1detenot2detentto1detetno2detneto2dettento1
Edit distance from "detento"

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 "detento"?
"detento" is spelled D-E-T-E-N-T-O.
What does "detento" mean?
As a noun, "detento" means: pessoa privada de liberdade por decisão judicial; preso, recluso, encarcerado, presidiário
What words are commonly confused with "detento"?
"detento" is commonly confused with "detentor", "desenho", "deserto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "detento" come from?
"detento" 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 "detento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exaltar#26,013exceder#26,014fricção#26,035barroco#25,911

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

alvoroço10 variantsagreste10 variantsinsular10 variantsjangada10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list