disputa
/diʃ.ˈpu.tɐ/
The verdict
“disputa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,138
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - discussão forte entre duas ou mais pessoas; contenda
Corpus desk
Index PT-disputa · disputa · Portuguese
disputa · rank #2,138 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,138
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dupla
Nearest frequency peer: dupla (+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 “disputa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- conflito
conflito
97,868 corpus weight
- consumo
consumo
97,867 corpus weight
- curto
curto
97,865 corpus weight
- disputa
disputa
97,863 corpus weight
- dupla
dupla
97,862 corpus weight
- felicidade
felicidade
97,859 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disputa” 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 | disputa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diʃ.ˈpu.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “disputa” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around disputa (IPA /diʃ.ˈpu.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,138 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for disputa, with forms such as "ddisputa", "dipsuta", and "dispputa". 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, "disputar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is disputa, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1discussão forte entre duas ou mais pessoas; contenda
- 2contestação
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisputa
- dipsuta
- dispputa
- disptua
- dispuat
- disputta
- dissputa
- disupta
- dsiputa
- idsputa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disputa - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disputa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "disputa". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "disputar". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,138 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.