# desde vs desire

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### desde
*preposition · IPA /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/ · frequency rank #155*
a começar de; a partir de

### desire
*noun · IPA /dɪˈzaɪə/ · frequency rank #32,556*
desejo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desde-vs-desire