distinção
The verdict
“distinção” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,169
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fato de distinguir
Corpus desk
Index PT-distincao · distinção · Portuguese
distinção · rank #6,169 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,169
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH elétrico
Nearest frequency peer: elétrico (+3 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 “distinção”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- conde
conde
93,845 corpus weight
- conferir
conferir
93,844 corpus weight
- convencional
convencional
93,841 corpus weight
- distinção
distinção
93,832 corpus weight
- elétrico
elétrico
93,829 corpus weight
- franquia
franquia
93,820 corpus weight
What this shows “distinção” 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 | distinção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “distinção”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around distinção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,169 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is distinção, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-Ç-Ã-O.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distinção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sua distinção dos sons era excelente.
É importante fazer a distinção entre o Bem e o Mal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistinção
- disitnção
- disstinção
- distinnção
- distinãço
- distinçoã
- distiçnão
- distnição
- disttinção
- ditsinção
- dsitinção
- idstinção
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distinção - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "distinção", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).