discovery
/dɪsˈkʌ.və.ɹi/, /-ˈkʌv.ɹi/
The verdict
“discovery” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,488
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - descobrimento, descoberta
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 | discovery |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkʌ.və.ɹi/, /-ˈkʌv.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discovery” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around discovery (IPA /dɪsˈkʌ.və.ɹi/, /-ˈkʌv.ɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,488 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "descobrimento, descoberta".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for discovery, with forms such as "ddiscovery", "dicsovery", and "disccovery". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "discover", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is discovery, spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1descobrimento, descoberta
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscovery
- dicsovery
- disccovery
- discoevry
- discoverry
- discoveryy
- discoveyr
- discovrey
- discovvery
- discvoery
- disocvery
- disscovery
- dsicovery
- idscovery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discovery - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “discovery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsˈkʌ.və.ɹi/, /-ˈkʌv.ɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “discover” - see the side-by-side comparison. discovery vs discover
- 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.