Which to use
“deste” and “disto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- #3,761
- “disto” frequency rank
- 4107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deste | disto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto: |
Letter map: deste vs disto
Shared letters muted; letters that set deste and disto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: deste and disto
deste and disto 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 4107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deste is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as acontraction. disto is at rank #3,761, 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 4107, this pair ranks #70,903 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deste vs disto
Shared letters: dst. Private to "deste": e. Private to "disto": io.
"deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "disto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deste" and "disto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "deste" vs "disto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "deste" and "disto".
- Full dictionary entry for "deste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,903 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deste" and "disto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disto vs dit". 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 #70,903 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.