disso

//ˈdi.su// contraction

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#256

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

disso is aPortuguesecontraction. It means: contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso: Pronounced /ˈdi.su/. It ranks #256 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with disto and dorso.

Key facts for disso
PropertyValue
Headworddisso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
IPA/ˈdi.su/
Letters5
Frequency rank#256
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of disso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for disso is 5 letters long, classified as acontraction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdi.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #256 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for disso, with forms such as "ddisso", "diso", and "disos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "disto", "dorso", "Dio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is disso, spelled D-I-S-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso:
  2. 2
    contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso:

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddisso,diso,disos,dsiso,idsso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for disso

Misspelling Variants of "disso"

ddisso6diso4disos5dsiso5idsso5
Misspelling Variants of "disso"

Frequency rank: #256 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disso"?
"disso" is spelled D-I-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdi.su/.
What does "disso" mean?
As a contraction, "disso" means: contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso:
What words are commonly confused with "disso"?
"disso" is commonly confused with "disto", "dorso", "Dio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disso" is /ˈdi.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disso" come from?
"disso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.