Which to use
“deste” is a contraction and “doente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- #2,318
- “doente” frequency rank
- 2664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deste | doente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: | que tem a saúde alterada |
Letter map: deste vs doente
Shared letters muted; letters that set deste and doente apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. deste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against doente's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - deste and doente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deste is acontraction and doenteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deste is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as acontraction. doente is at rank #2,318, tagged as anadj.
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 2664, this pair ranks #72,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deste vs doente
Shared letters: det. Private to "deste": s. Private to "doente": no.
"deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "doente" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deste" and "doente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "deste" or "doente" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "deste" vs "doente" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "deste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deste" and "doente" 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 #72,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.