# deter

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #5,519

## Definitions
1. proceder à detenção; prender; reter à força
2. fazer parar, suspender a progressão de
3. ter em seu poder, possuir, ser detentor de
4. reprimir-se, conter-se
5. parar, travar, suspender a progressão
6. demorar-se, retardar-se

## Easily confused with
- **deve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-deve)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-doer)
- **dote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-dote)
- **dever** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-dever)
- **ditar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-ditar)
- **dotar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-dotar)
- **detox** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deter-vs-detox)
- **der** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/der-vs-deter)
- **dele** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-deter)
- **deep** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deep-vs-deter)
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dear-vs-deter)
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deste-vs-deter)
- **dente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dente-vs-deter)
- **descer** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/descer-vs-deter)
- **deitar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deitar-vs-deter)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/denver-vs-deter)
- **debater** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/debater-vs-deter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddeter`, `deetr`, `deterr`, `detre`, `detter`, `dteer`, `edter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/deter