diabetes
/ʤi.a.ˈbɛ.ʧis/, /ʤja.ˈbɛ.ʧis/
The verdict
“diabetes” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,437 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,437
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grupo de enfermidades caracterizadas por hiperglicemia, poliúria, polidipsia, glicosúria e polifagia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diabetes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʤi.a.ˈbɛ.ʧis/, /ʤja.ˈbɛ.ʧis/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diabetes” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for diabetes is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʤi.a.ˈbɛ.ʧis/, /ʤja.ˈbɛ.ʧis/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,437 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grupo de enfermidades caracterizadas por hiperglicemia, poliúria, polidipsia, glicosúria e polifagia".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for diabetes, with forms such as "daibetes", "ddiabetes", and "diabbetes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 diabetes, spelled D-I-A-B-E-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1grupo de enfermidades caracterizadas por hiperglicemia, poliúria, polidipsia, glicosúria e polifagia
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: daibetes,ddiabetes,diabbetes,diabeets,diabetess,diabetse,diabettes,diabtees,diaebtes,dibaetes,idabetes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diabetes - 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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Using “diabetes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-A-B-E-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʤi.a.ˈbɛ.ʧis/, /ʤja.ˈbɛ.ʧis/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.