dezoito
/dɨ.ˈzɔj.tu/
The verdict
“dezoito” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,694
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - número equivalente a dezessete mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha dezoito elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 18 (algarismos arábicos) ou XVIII (algarismos romanos)
Corpus desk
Index PT-dezoito · dezoito · Portuguese
dezoito · rank #10,694 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desvantagem
Nearest frequency peer: desvantagem (-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 “dezoito”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- descendente
descendente
89,309 corpus weight
- desvantagem
desvantagem
89,308 corpus weight
- dezoito
dezoito
89,307 corpus weight
- diferencial
diferencial
89,306 corpus weight
- dilema
dilema
89,305 corpus weight
- disponibili…
disponibilizar
89,304 corpus weight
What this shows “dezoito” 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 | dezoito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /dɨ.ˈzɔj.tu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “dezoito”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dezoito (IPA /dɨ.ˈzɔj.tu/), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #10,694 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "número equivalente a dezessete mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha dezoito elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 18 (algarismos arábicos) ou XVIII (algarismos romanos)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dezoito, with forms such as "ddezoito", "deozito", and "dezioto". 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, "delito", "débito", "defeito", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dezoito, spelled D-E-Z-O-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1número equivalente a dezessete mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha dezoito elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 18 (algarismos arábicos) ou XVIII (algarismos romanos)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddezoito
- deozito
- dezioto
- dezoiot
- dezoitto
- dezotio
- dezzoito
- dzeoito
- edzoito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dezoito - 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 "dezoito", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).