doença

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,279

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

doença is aPortuguesenoun. It means: disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não It ranks #1,279 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with dona and doente.

Key facts for doença
PropertyValue
Headworddoença
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,279
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of doença in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for doença is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,279 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for doença, with forms such as "ddoença", "deonça", and "doenaç". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dona", "doente", "doca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is doença, spelled D-O-E-N-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não
  2. 2
    qualquer condição mórbida ou danosa

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddoença,deonça,doenaç,doennça,doeçna,doneça,odença

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for doença

Misspelling Variants of "doença"

ddoença7deonça6doenaç6doennça7doeçna6doneça6odença6
Misspelling Variants of "doença"

Frequency rank: #1,279 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doença"?
"doença" is spelled D-O-E-N-Ç-A.
What does "doença" mean?
As a noun, "doença" means: disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não
What words are commonly confused with "doença"?
"doença" is commonly confused with "dona", "doente", "doca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "doença" come from?
"doença" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.