dasvsdorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: das is a contraction, dor is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“das” is a contraction and “dor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35
“das” frequency rank
#934
“dor” frequency rank
969
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature das dor
Definition da preposição de com o artigo definido feminino plural as sensação desagradável:

Letter map: das vs dor

Shared letters muted; letters that set das and dor apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
das
3 ch
dor

Part-of-speech tell for das / dor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: das is acontraction and doranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

das is recorded at frequency rank #35, classified as acontraction, pronounced /dɐs/. dor is at rank #934, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 969, this pair ranks #74,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of das vs dor

Shared letters: d. Private to "das": as. Private to "dor": or.

"das" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "dor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "das" and "dor" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "das" is a contraction and "dor" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "das" or "dor"?
"das" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35 in our Portuguese list, against #934 for "dor". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "das" vs "dor" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "das" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "das" and "dor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dor". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #74,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list