disputar
/diʃ.pu.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“disputar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,642. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,642
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lutar por algo
Corpus desk
Index PT-disputar · disputar · Portuguese
disputar · rank #6,642 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,642
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dividida
Nearest frequency peer: dividida (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “disputar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- devolver
devolver
93,363 corpus weight
- discriminaç…
discriminação
93,362 corpus weight
- disputar
disputar
93,359 corpus weight
- dividida
dividida
93,358 corpus weight
- dominar
dominar
93,357 corpus weight
- encerrar
encerrar
93,353 corpus weight
What this shows “disputar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | disputar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /diʃ.pu.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “disputar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around disputar (IPA /diʃ.pu.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,642 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disputar, with forms such as "ddisputar", "dipsutar", and "dispputar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "disputa", "discutir", "disparar", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is disputar, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1lutar por algo
- 2concorrer (a uma vaga, por exemplo)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disputar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
E também não foram convocados para integrar a equipe que vai disputar os Jogos Olimpícos em Pequim, a partir de agosto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisputar
- dipsutar
- dispputar
- disptuar
- dispuatr
- disputarr
- disputra
- disputtar
- dissputar
- disuptar
- dsiputar
- idsputar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disputar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "disputar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).