DVD

/de.ve.ˈde/

//de.ve.ˈde// abbrev

The verdict

“DVD” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,470) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,470
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de disco ótico para armazenar sons, imagens e/ou informações digitais, com capacidade entre 4,7 e 17 GB

Corpus desk

Index PT-dvd · DVD · Portuguese

DVD · rank #3,470 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,470
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH elevado

Nearest frequency peer: elevado (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “DVD”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “DVD” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

DVD vs de
0% similar
DVD vs do
0% similar
DVD vs da
0% similar

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

Key facts for DVD
PropertyValue
HeadwordDVD
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA/de.ve.ˈde/
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,470
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “DVD”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).DVDcai 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 “elevado” (#3,471), “distante” (#3,468), “ensaio” (#3,472). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “DVD” fica em #3,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for DVD is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "do", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced /de.ve.ˈde/. Frequency #3,470 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

DVD doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "do", "da", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is DVD, spelled D-V-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo de disco ótico para armazenar sons, imagens e/ou informações digitais, com capacidade entre 4,7 e 17 GB
  2. 2
    reprodutor de DVD

Synonyms

devedêaparelho de DVDreprodutor de DVD

This word in other languages

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 "DVD"?
"DVD" is spelled D-V-D. The IPA pronunciation is /de.ve.ˈde/.
What does "DVD" mean?
As an abbreviation, "DVD" means: tipo de disco ótico para armazenar sons, imagens e/ou informações digitais, com capacidade entre 4,7 e 17 GB
What words are commonly confused with "DVD"?
"DVD" is commonly confused with "de", "do", "da". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "DVD"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "DVD" is /de.ve.ˈde/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "DVD" come from?
"DVD" 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 "DVD", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list