Which to use
“death” is a noun and “desta” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,267
- “death” frequency rank
- #364
- “desta” frequency rank
- 7631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | death | desta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | morte | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esta |
Where the eye mixes death and desta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: death vs desta
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: death is /dɛθ/ while desta is /ˈdɛʃ.tɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
death is recorded at frequency rank #7,267, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɛθ/. desta is at rank #364, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈdɛʃ.tɐ/.
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 7631, this pair ranks #66,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of death vs desta
Shared letters: adet. Private to "death": h. Private to "desta": s.
"death" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "desta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "death" and "desta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "death" vs "desta" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "death" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "death" and "desta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs death". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #66,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.