devastador

adj

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The verdict

“devastador” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,853
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que devasta

Corpus desk

Index PT-devastador · devastador · Portuguese

devastador · rank #20,853 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,853
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desprezível

Nearest frequency peer: desprezível (-2 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 “devastador”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “devastador” 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).

devastador vs devastar
80% similar
devastador vs devastado
90% similar

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

Key facts for devastador
PropertyValue
Headworddevastador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,853
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “devastador”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desprezível” (#20,851), “documentar” (#20,857), “encomendar” (#20,865). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “devastador” fica em #20,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around devastador, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,853 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que devasta".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for devastador, with forms such as "ddevastador", "deavstador", and "devasatdor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "devastar", "devastado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is devastador, spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que devasta

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, disse nesta sexta-feira que o país vai responder ao ataque cibernético devastador sobre a Sony Pictures.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevastador
  • deavstador
  • devasatdor
  • devasstador
  • devastaddor
  • devastadorr
  • devastadro
  • devastaodr
  • devastdaor
  • devasttador
  • devatsador
  • devsatador
  • devvastador
  • dveastador
  • edvastador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevastador1deavstador2devasatdor2devasstador1devastaddor1devastadorr1devastadro2devastaodr2
Edit distance from "devastador"

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 "devastador"?
"devastador" is spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-D-O-R.
What does "devastador" mean?
As an adjective, "devastador" means: que devasta
What words are commonly confused with "devastador"?
"devastador" is commonly confused with "devastar", "devastado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "devastador" come from?
"devastador" 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 "devastador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

documentar#20,857encomendar#20,865exoneração#20,878assassínio#20,787

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

monumental15 variantsterapêutica15 variantspresenciar15 variantsvestimenta15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list