distinção
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#6,169
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
4
similar word pairs
distinção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o fato de distinguir It ranks #6,169 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with distinto and distorção.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distinção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for distinção is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,169 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for distinção, with forms such as "ddistinção", "disitnção", and "disstinção". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "distinto", "distorção", "distração", 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 distinção, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1o fato de distinguir
- 2o reconhecimento das diferenças entre objetos ou ideias
- 3favoritismo; diferenciação especial entre coisas ou pessoas
- 4uma qualidade que diferencia ou distingue
- 5o fato de ser tratado com honra, atenção ou favor especial
- 6aparência elegante e reservada
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddistinção,disitnção,disstinção,distinnção,distinãço,distinçoã,distiçnão,distnição,disttinção,ditsinção,dsitinção,idstinção
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for distinção
Misspelling Variants of "distinção"
Frequency rank: #6,169 in Portuguese
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Nearby Portuguese words
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