disco
/ˈdiʃ.ku/
The verdict
“disco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,317
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça ou objeto circular e chato
Corpus desk
Index PT-disco · disco · Portuguese
disco · rank #2,317 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,317
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH doente
Nearest frequency peer: doente (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “disco”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- corrente
corrente
97,688 corpus weight
- desenvolver
desenvolver
97,686 corpus weight
- disco
disco
97,684 corpus weight
- doente
doente
97,683 corpus weight
- dura
dura
97,682 corpus weight
- escala
escala
97,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disco” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | disco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdiʃ.ku/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disco” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around disco (IPA /ˈdiʃ.ku/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,317 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for disco, with forms such as "ddisco", "dicso", and "discco". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "disk", "disse", "disso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is disco, spelled D-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1peça ou objeto circular e chato
- 2placa circular onde se gravam os sons a reproduzir por meio de um gramofone
- 3rodela para arremesso em jogos atléticos
- 4placa circular com revestimento magnético para se gravar dados de um computador ou para se ler dados para a mesma máquina
- 5pessoa que fala muito
- 6frase ou opinião muito repetida
- 7superfície aparente dos astros
- 8nave espacial de origem extraterrestre com formato discoide
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisco
- dicso
- discco
- disoc
- dissco
- dsico
- idsco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disco - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "disco". Here's where to go from here.
- "disco" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "disk". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,317 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.