dom
/dɔm/
The verdict
“dom” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,921) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,921
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - casa (construção que serve de moradia)
Corpus desk
Index PT-dom · dom · Portuguese
dom · rank #1,921 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,921
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH discutir
Nearest frequency peer: discutir (-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 “dom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- complexo
complexo
98,085 corpus weight
- conferência
conferência
98,084 corpus weight
- discutir
discutir
98,081 corpus weight
- dom
dom
98,080 corpus weight
- en
en
98,079 corpus weight
- esforço
esforço
98,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dom” 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 | dom |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɔm/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “dom” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dom is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "dos", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /dɔm/. Frequency #1,921 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dom, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "dos", "dor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is dom, spelled D-O-M.
Definition
- 1casa (construção que serve de moradia)
- 2habitação (lugar onde se habita)
- 3lar, família
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.
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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.