dieta

//ˈdjɛ.tɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,060

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

dieta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: regime especial de alimentação Pronounced /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/. It ranks #4,060 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with dit and dita.

Key facts for dieta
PropertyValue
Headworddieta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdjɛ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,060
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dieta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dieta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,060 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for dieta, with forms such as "ddieta", "deita", and "dieat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "dit", "dita", "diva", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is dieta, spelled D-I-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    regime especial de alimentação
  2. 2
    privação de alimentos ou de parte deles
  3. 3
    assembleia legislativa de alguns estados
  4. 4
    assembleia dos capítulos de certas ordens religiosas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddieta,deita,dieat,dietta,ditea,ideta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dieta

Misspelling Variants of "dieta"

ddieta6deita5dieat5dietta6ditea5ideta5
Misspelling Variants of "dieta"

Frequency rank: #4,060 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dieta"?
"dieta" is spelled D-I-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/.
What does "dieta" mean?
As a noun, "dieta" means: regime especial de alimentação
What words are commonly confused with "dieta"?
"dieta" is commonly confused with "dit", "dita", "diva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dieta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dieta" is /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dieta" come from?
"dieta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.