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
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o fato de distinguir
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) |
Where “distinção” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around distinção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,169 among 2,399 “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
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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Using “distinção”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-T-I-N-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “distinto” - see the side-by-side comparison. distinção vs distinto
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.