duende

noun

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The verdict

“duende” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,149
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino

Corpus desk

Index PT-duende · duende · Portuguese

duende · rank #21,149 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,149
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH deparar

Nearest frequency peer: deparar (-12 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 “duende”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “duende” 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).

duende vs desde
67% similar
duende vs dente
67% similar
duende vs donde
67% similar

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

Key facts for duende
PropertyValue
Headwordduende
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,149
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “duende”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.duendecai 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 “deparar” (#21,137), “erroneamente” (#21,162), “escolaridade” (#21,164). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “duende” fica em #21,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around duende, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,149 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for duende, with forms such as "dduende", "deunde", and "duedne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "desde", "dente", "donde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is duende, spelled D-U-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A nova é uma comunidade em que o criador garante que Maísa não é criança, e sim um duende disfarçado de garota.

This word in other languages

imp(English)duende(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dduende
  • deunde
  • duedne
  • duendde
  • duened
  • duennde
  • dunede
  • udende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duende - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dduende1deunde2duedne2duendde1duened2duennde1dunede2udende2
Edit distance from "duende"

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 "duende"?
"duende" is spelled D-U-E-N-D-E.
What does "duende" mean?
As a noun, "duende" means: criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino
What words are commonly confused with "duende"?
"duende" is commonly confused with "desde", "dente", "donde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "duende" come from?
"duende" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cereal#21,107isento#21,219anders#21,078merlin#21,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

glory8 variantsveludo8 variantstruck8 variantspiroca8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list