Which to use
“degustar” and “desgastar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,911
- “degustar” frequency rank
- #37,754
- “desgastar” frequency rank
- 87665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degustar | desgastar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomar o gosto a | destruir pouco a pouco |
Where the eye mixes degustar and desgastar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. degustar runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against desgastar's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: degustar vs desgastar
A purely visual mix-up. degustar (/dɨ.ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ/) and desgastar (/deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degustar is recorded at frequency rank #49,911, classified as averb, pronounced /dɨ.ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ/. desgastar is at rank #37,754, tagged as averb, pronounced /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/.
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 87665, this pair ranks #467 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degustar vs desgastar
Shared letters: adegrst. Private to "degustar": u. Private to "desgastar": -.
"degustar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "desgastar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "degustar" and "desgastar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "degustar" vs "desgastar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "degustar" and "desgastar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "degustar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desgastar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #467 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degustar" and "desgastar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degustar vs devastar". 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 #467 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.