diez
/dĭeθ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“diez” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,810) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,810
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o número dez
Corpus desk
Index PT-diez · diez · Portuguese
diez · rank #44,810 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,810
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH disparate
Nearest frequency peer: disparate (+3 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “diez”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- desmanchar
desmanchar
55,197 corpus weight
- diez
diez
55,191 corpus weight
- disparate
disparate
55,188 corpus weight
- dissimulado
dissimulado
55,186 corpus weight
- dissimulação
dissimulação
55,185 corpus weight
- distal
distal
55,184 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “diez” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | diez |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /dĭeθ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “diez”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for diez is neighbouring look-alikes ("diz", "Dio", …), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced /dĭeθ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #44,810 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Gloss: "o número dez".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for diez, with forms such as "ddiez", "deiz", and "diezz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "diz", "Dio", "due", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is diez, spelled D-I-E-Z.
Definition
- 1o número dez
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es la una y diez.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiez
- deiz
- diezz
- idez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "diez", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).