doença

noun

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The verdict

“doença” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,279
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não

Corpus desk

Index PT-doenca · doença · Portuguese

doença · rank #1,279 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,279
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH efeito

Nearest frequency peer: efeito (+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 “doença”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “doença” 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).

doença vs dona
67% similar
doença vs doente
67% similar
doença vs doca
50% similar

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

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “doença”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).doençacai 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 “efeito” (#1,280), “destino” (#1,277), “global” (#1,281). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “doença” fica em #1,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around doença, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,279 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for doença, with forms such as "ddoença", "deonça", and "doenaç". 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 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is doença, spelled D-O-E-N-Ç-A.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A medida foi tomada ante a falta de vacinas e o registro de novos casos da doença em municípios próximos à capital, Assunção.
  2. Sua fascinação por execuções é uma doença.

This word in other languages

disease(English)enfermedad(Español)maladie(Français)Krankheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoença
  • deonça
  • doenaç
  • doennça
  • doeçna
  • doneça
  • odença

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddoença1deonça2doenaç2doennça1doeçna2doneça2odença2
Edit distance from "doença"

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 "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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

efeito#1,280global#1,281chance#1,271ônibus#1,266

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

breve7 variantstroca7 variantspenso7 variantslidar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list