Which to use
“dente” is a noun and “deste” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,404
- “dente” frequency rank
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- 5750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dente | deste |
|---|---|---|
| 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 este: |
Letter map: dente vs deste
Shared letters muted; letters that set dente and deste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. dente and deste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for dente / deste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dente is anoun and desteacontraction. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “dente” becomes s in “deste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dente is recorded at frequency rank #5,404, classified as anoun. 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 5750, this pair ranks #68,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dente vs deste
Shared letters: det. Private to "dente": n. Private to "deste": s.
"dente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dente" and "deste" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dente" or "deste"?
What to do next
You've compared "dente" and "deste". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dente" 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 #68,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dente" and "deste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deste vs destro". 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 #68,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.