Which to use
“deste” is a contraction and “deter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- #5,519
- “deter” frequency rank
- 5865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deste | deter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: | proceder à detenção; prender; reter à força |
Letter map: deste vs deter
Shared letters muted; letters that set deste and deter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for deste / deter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deste is acontraction and deteraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deste is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as acontraction. deter is at rank #5,519, tagged as averb.
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 5865, this pair ranks #68,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deste vs deter
Shared letters: det. Private to "deste": s. Private to "deter": r.
"deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "deter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deste" and "deter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "deste" or "deter"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "deste" and "deter".
- Full dictionary entry for "deste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deste" and "deter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deter vs detox". 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 #68,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.