Which to use
“dessa” and “deste” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #375
- “dessa” frequency rank
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- 721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessa | deste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo feminino essa: | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: |
Letter map: dessa vs deste
Shared letters muted; letters that set dessa and deste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dessa and deste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on dessa vs deste
dessa and deste are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessa is recorded at frequency rank #375, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈdɛ.sɐ/. 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 721, this pair ranks #74,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dessa vs deste
Shared letters: des. Private to "dessa": a. Private to "deste": t.
"dessa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessa" and "deste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dessa" vs "deste" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "dessa" and "deste". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessa" 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 #74,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessa" 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 #74,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.