distância
/diʃ.ˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
The verdict
“distância” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,332
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medida da separação de dois pontos
Corpus desk
Index PT-distancia · distância · Portuguese
distância · rank #1,332 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,332
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH digo
Nearest frequency peer: digo (-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 “distância”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- chave
chave
98,672 corpus weight
- computador
computador
98,671 corpus weight
- digo
digo
98,670 corpus weight
- distância
distância
98,669 corpus weight
- episódio
episódio
98,668 corpus weight
- espécie
espécie
98,667 corpus weight
What this shows “distância” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distância |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diʃ.ˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “distância”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around distância (IPA /diʃ.ˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,332 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for distância, with forms such as "ddistância", "disstância", and "distnâcia". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is distância, spelled D-I-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1medida da separação de dois pontos
- 2o ato ou efeito de duas entidades estarem separadas no espaço
- 3extensão linear de espaço
- 4separação ou diferença em relação a algo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distância appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paralelamente, já está em funcionamento a Universidade Aberta do Brasil, um sistema de ensino a distância com pólos presenciais distribuídos pelo País.
Dez quilômetros é uma distância muito grande para se fazer a pé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistância
- disstância
- distnâcia
- disttância
- distâcnia
- distâncai
- distânccia
- distânica
- distânncia
- disâtncia
- ditsância
- dsitância
- idstância
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distância - 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 "distância", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).