detestar
/de.teʃ.ˈtaχ/, /de.teʃ.ˈta/
The verdict
“detestar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,446
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sentir ódio por
Corpus desk
Index PT-detestar · detestar · Portuguese
detestar · rank #41,446 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,446
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desportista
Nearest frequency peer: desportista (-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 “detestar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- deprimir
deprimir
58,567 corpus weight
- desavença
desavença
58,566 corpus weight
- desportista
desportista
58,558 corpus weight
- detestar
detestar
58,555 corpus weight
- difusor
difusor
58,552 corpus weight
- dirigível
dirigível
58,551 corpus weight
What this shows “detestar” 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 | detestar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /de.teʃ.ˈtaχ/, /de.teʃ.ˈta/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “detestar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around detestar (IPA /de.teʃ.ˈtaχ/, /de.teʃ.ˈta/), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,446 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for detestar, with forms such as "ddetestar", "deetstar", and "detesatr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "devastar", "deletar", "detector", and more, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is detestar, spelled D-E-T-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1sentir ódio por
- 2aborrecer
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetestar
- deetstar
- detesatr
- detesstar
- detestarr
- detestra
- detesttar
- detetsar
- detsetar
- dettestar
- dteestar
- edtestar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detestar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "detestar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).