tristeza
/tɾiʃ.ˈte.zɐ/
The verdict
“tristeza” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,442 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,442
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sentimento de pesar, melancolia
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 | tristeza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾiʃ.ˈte.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tristeza” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tristeza is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾiʃ.ˈte.zɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,442 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sentimento de pesar, melancolia".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tristeza, with forms such as "rtisteza", "tirsteza", and "trisetza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "triste", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is tristeza, spelled T-R-I-S-T-E-Z-A.
Definition
- 1sentimento de pesar, melancolia
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtisteza,tirsteza,trisetza,trissteza,tristeaz,tristezza,tristteza,tristzea,tritseza,trristeza,trsiteza,ttristeza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tristeza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “tristeza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-I-S-T-E-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾiʃ.ˈte.zɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “triste” - see the side-by-side comparison. tristeza vs triste
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.