distraído

/diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du/

//diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du// adj

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The verdict

“distraído” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,837
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que sofreu distração

Corpus desk

Index PT-distraido · distraído · Portuguese

distraído · rank #18,837 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,837
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH distanciamento

Nearest frequency peer: distanciamento (-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 “distraído”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “distraído” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

distraído vs distrito
67% similar
distraído vs destruído
78% similar
distraído vs distração
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for distraído
PropertyValue
Headworddistraído
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du/
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,837
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “distraído”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).distraídocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “distanciamento” (#18,836), “diversificado” (#18,838), “despejo” (#18,833). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “distraído” fica em #18,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around distraído (IPA /diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,837 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 distraído, with forms such as "ddistraído", "disrtaído", and "disstraído". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "distrito", "destruído", "distração", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is distraído, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que sofreu distração
  2. 2
    que não está prestando atenção
  3. 3
    que não mantém atenção, que se distrai
  4. 4
    entretido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how distraído appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Professor: — "Ela está distraída com outras coisas bem mais importantes ao invés de prestar atenção na aula, não é dona Paula". Paula: — "Ai! profes".
  2. Ela é muito distraída, vive esquecendo as coisas por onde passa.

This word in other languages

distracted(English)distraído(Español)zerstreut(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddistraído
  • disrtaído
  • disstraído
  • distarído
  • distradío
  • distraíddo
  • distraíod
  • distrraído
  • distríado
  • disttraído
  • ditsraído
  • dsitraído
  • idstraído

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distraído - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddistraído1disrtaído2disstraído1distarído2distradío2distraíddo1distraíod2distrraído1
Edit distance from "distraído"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "distraído"?
"distraído" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du/.
What does "distraído" mean?
As an adjective, "distraído" means: que sofreu distração
What words are commonly confused with "distraído"?
"distraído" is commonly confused with "distrito", "destruído", "distração". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "distraído"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distraído" is /diʃ.tɾɐ.ˈi.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distraído" come from?
"distraído" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "distraído", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

escadaria#18,850escombros#18,853crocodilo#18,815contração#18,812

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

duplicação13 variantshoróscopo13 variantsmobiliário13 variantssemântica13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list