Dio
/ˈdi.o/
The verdict
“Dio” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,946) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,946
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deus
Corpus desk
Index PT-dio · Dio · Portuguese
Dio · rank #24,946 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,946
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH divergente
Nearest frequency peer: divergente (+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 “Dio”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- deliberativo
deliberativo
75,065 corpus weight
- descontente
descontente
75,062 corpus weight
- Dio
Dio
75,055 corpus weight
- divergente
divergente
75,052 corpus weight
- diversificar
diversificar
75,051 corpus weight
- due
due
75,047 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “Dio” 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 | Dio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdi.o/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “Dio”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Dio is neighbouring look-alikes ("do", "DJ", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈdi.o/. Frequency #24,946 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Deus".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dio, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "DJ", "du", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Dio, spelled D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Deus
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).