diário
/ˈdja.ɾju/
The verdict
“diário” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,488 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,488
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que se repete todos os dias; cotidiano
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 | diário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdja.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diário” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for diário is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdja.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,488 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que se repete todos os dias; cotidiano".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for diário, with forms such as "ddiário", "diráio", and "diáiro". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "diurno", "diabo", "dardo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is diário, spelled D-I-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1que se repete todos os dias; cotidiano
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddiário,diráio,diáiro,diároi,diárrio,dáirio,idário
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diário - 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 “diário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdja.ɾju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “diurno” - see the side-by-side comparison. diário vs diurno
- 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.