do
/du/ (/do/, se enfático)
The verdict
“do” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6) as a contraction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - contração da preposição de com o artigo definido o
Corpus desk
Index PT-do · do · Portuguese
do · rank #6 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #6
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH e
Nearest frequency peer: e (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “do”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- o
o
99,998 corpus weight
- que
que
99,997 corpus weight
- e
e
99,996 corpus weight
- do
do
99,995 corpus weight
- em
em
99,994 corpus weight
- da
da
99,993 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “do” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | do |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /du/ (/do/, se enfático) |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “do” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for do is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "dos", …), not just typos; it is acontraction pronounced /du/ (/do/, se enfático). Frequency #6 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for do in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "dos", "dor", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is do, spelled D-O.
Definition
- 1contração da preposição de com o artigo definido o
- 2contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo o
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.