difícil

adj

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The verdict

“difícil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#412
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não é fácil; que exige esforço para ser feito; trabalhoso, laborioso, árduo

Corpus desk

Index PT-dificil · difícil · Portuguese

difícil · rank #412 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #412
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH empresa

Nearest frequency peer: empresa (+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 “difícil”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “difícil” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for difícil
PropertyValue
Headworddifícil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#412
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “difícil”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).difícilcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “empresa” (#413), “maneira” (#409), “fala” (#415). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “difícil” fica em #412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around difícil, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #412 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for difícil, with forms such as "ddifícil", "dfiícil", and "difcíil". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is difícil, spelled D-I-F-Í-C-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não é fácil; que exige esforço para ser feito; trabalhoso, laborioso, árduo
  2. 2
    que demanda esforço intelectual para ser entendido; complicado, obscuro
  3. 3
    que não se deixa seduzir facilmente
  4. 4
    que não é próspero; duro de viver

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how difícil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Donkey Kong Country 2 é um jogo difícil.
  2. Texto difícil.

This word in other languages

difficult(English)difícil(Español)hart(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddifícil
  • dfiícil
  • difcíil
  • diffícil
  • difíccil
  • difícill
  • difícli
  • difíicl
  • diífcil
  • idfícil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of difícil - 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.

ddifícil1dfiícil2difcíil2diffícil1difíccil1difícill1difícli2difíicl2
Edit distance from "difícil"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "difícil"?
"difícil" is spelled D-I-F-Í-C-I-L.
What does "difícil" mean?
As an adjective, "difícil" means: que não é fácil; que exige esforço para ser feito; trabalhoso, laborioso, árduo
What are common misspellings of "difícil"?
Common misspellings include "ddifícil", "dfiícil", "difcíil", "diffícil", "difíccil". The correct spelling is "difícil".
What language does "difícil" come from?
"difícil" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "difícil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

empresa#413maneira#409passado#418futebol#443

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

possível10 variantspróprio10 variantsentanto10 variantsfederal10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list