Which to use
“donde” is an adverb and “duende” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,273
- “donde” frequency rank
- #21,149
- “duende” frequency rank
- 34422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donde | duende |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pelo que; daí se conclui: | criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino |
Letter map: donde vs duende
Shared letters muted; letters that set donde and duende apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. donde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against duende's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for donde / duende
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: donde is anadverb and duendeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donde is recorded at frequency rank #13,273, classified as anadv. duende is at rank #21,149, tagged as anoun.
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 34422, this pair ranks #32,841 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donde vs duende
Shared letters: den. Private to "donde": o. Private to "duende": u.
"donde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "duende" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donde" and "duende" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "donde" or "duende"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "donde" and "duende". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "donde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,841 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donde" and "duende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodo vs donde". 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 #32,841 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.