Which to use
“death” is a noun and “deste” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,267
- “death” frequency rank
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- 7613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | death | deste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | morte | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: |
Letter map: death vs deste
Shared letters muted; letters that set death and deste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. death (CVVCC) and deste (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for death / deste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: death is anoun and desteacontraction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7613, 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/. deste is at rank #346, tagged as acontraction.
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 7613, this pair ranks #66,498 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of death vs deste
Shared letters: det. Private to "death": ah. Private to "deste": s.
"death" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "death" and "deste" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "death" or "deste" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "death" and "deste".
- Full dictionary entry for "death" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,498 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "death" and "deste" 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 #66,498 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.