Which to use
“desde” is a preposition and “deste” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #155
- “desde” frequency rank
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- 501
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desde | deste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a começar de; a partir de | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: |
Letter map: desde vs deste
Shared letters muted; letters that set desde and deste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - desde and deste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: desde is apreposition and desteacontraction. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “desde” becomes t in “deste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desde is recorded at frequency rank #155, classified as aprep, pronounced /ˈdeʒ.dɨ/. 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 501, this pair ranks #75,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desde vs deste
Shared letters: des. Private to "desde": -. Private to "deste": t.
"desde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desde" for "deste" ever safe?
Frequency check: "desde" vs "deste" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "desde" vs "deste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "desde" 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 #75,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desde" and "deste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decade vs desde". 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 #75,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.