distrito

Name: distrito, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu/

//dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“distrito” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,774
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,193
“D” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - divisão administrativa de um território

Corpus desk

Index PT-distrito · distrito · Portuguese

distrito · rank #1,774 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,774
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 1,193
PHOTO-FINISH custo

Nearest frequency peer: custo (-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.

cheia

98,231
custo

98,228
distrito

98,227
década

98,226
enviar

98,224
equipa

98,223

What this shows “distrito” 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).

distrito vs discreto

75% similar

distrito vs distinto

75% similar

distrito vs distrital

78% similar

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

Key facts for distrito
Property	Value
Headword	distrito
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#1,774
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “distrito”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).distritocai aqui:

#1,774

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “custo” (#1,773), “década” (#1,775), “enviar” (#1,777). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “distrito” fica em #1,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around distrito (IPA /dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,774 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 distrito, with forms such as "ddistrito", "disrtito", and "disstrito". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "discreto", "distinto", "distrital", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is distrito, spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-T-O.

Definition

1
divisão administrativa de um território
2
divisão administrativa de município ou cidade, que pode compreender uma vila e sua adjacências, ou um ou mais bairros
3
o mesmo que distrito policial ('delegacia')
4
circunscrição territorial administrativa, judicial, fiscal, policial ou sanitária
5
alçada, competência
6
compartimento nas salinas

This word in other languages

district(English)Bezirk(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddistrito
disrtito
disstrito
distirto
distriot
distritto
distrrito
distrtio
disttrito
ditsrito
dsitrito
idstrito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "distrito"

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 "distrito"?

"distrito" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu/.

What does "distrito" mean?

As a noun, "distrito" means: divisão administrativa de um território

What words are commonly confused with "distrito"?

"distrito" is commonly confused with "discreto", "distinto", "distrital". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "distrito"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distrito" is /dɨʃ.ˈtɾi.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "distrito" come from?

"distrito" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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