Which to use
“dente” is a noun and “desse” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,404
- “dente” frequency rank
- #391
- “desse” frequency rank
- 5795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dente | desse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar, arrancar, triturar e moer alimentos, assim como para defesa e ataque | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo esse: |
Letter map: dente vs desse
Shared letters muted; letters that set dente and desse apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dente and desse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: dente vs desse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dente is anoun and desseacontraction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dente is recorded at frequency rank #5,404, classified as anoun. desse is at rank #391, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.sɨ/.
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 5795, this pair ranks #68,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dente vs desse
Shared letters: de. Private to "dente": nt. Private to "desse": s.
"dente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "desse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dente" and "desse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dente" or "desse"?
After this comparison
Pair "dente" vs "desse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "dente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dente" and "desse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delete vs dente". 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 #68,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.