Which to use
“denota” is a verb and “derrota” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,421
- “denota” frequency rank
- #2,830
- “derrota” frequency rank
- 24251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | denota | derrota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do presente do indicativo do verbo denotar | destroço, desbarato de tropas; revés |
Letter map: denota vs derrota
Shared letters muted; letters that set denota and derrota apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for denota / derrota
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: denota is averb and derrotaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
denota is recorded at frequency rank #21,421, classified as averb. derrota is at rank #2,830, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.ˈRɔ.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 24251, this pair ranks #45,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of denota vs derrota
Shared letters: adeot. Private to "denota": n. Private to "derrota": r.
"denota" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "derrota" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "denota" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "derrota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "denota" and "derrota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decote vs denota". 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 #45,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.