disco
/ˈdiʃ.ku/
The verdict
“disco” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,317 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,317
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peça ou objeto circular e chato
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for disco is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdiʃ.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,317 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “disco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdiʃ.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “disk” - see the side-by-side comparison. disco vs disk
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.