difícil
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
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não é fácil; que exige esforço para ser feito; trabalhoso, laborioso, árduo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | difícil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “difícil” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around difícil, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #412 among 2,399 “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
- 1que não é fácil; que exige esforço para ser feito; trabalhoso, laborioso, árduo
- 2que demanda esforço intelectual para ser entendido; complicado, obscuro
- 3que não se deixa seduzir facilmente
- 4que não é próspero; duro de viver
This word in other languages
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.
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"?
What does "difícil" mean?
What are common misspellings of "difícil"?
What language does "difícil" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “difícil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-F-Í-C-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.