Which to use
“desire” is a noun and “deste” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,556
- “desire” frequency rank
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- 32902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desire | deste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desejo | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: |
Letter map: desire vs deste
Shared letters muted; letters that set desire and deste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. desire runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against deste's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for desire / deste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: desire is anoun and desteacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desire is recorded at frequency rank #32,556, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɪˈzaɪə/. 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 32902, this pair ranks #34,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desire vs deste
Shared letters: des. Private to "desire": ir. Private to "deste": t.
"desire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desire" for "deste" ever safe?
Frequency check: "desire" vs "deste" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "desire" vs "deste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "desire" 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 #34,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desire" and "deste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desire vs device". 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 #34,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.