Teixeira
/təˈʃɛəɹə/
"teixeira" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Teixeira” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,523
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Portuguese.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teixeira |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /təˈʃɛəɹə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Teixeira” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Teixeira (IPA /təˈʃɛəɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,523 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Portuguese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Teixeira, with forms such as "etixeira", "teiexira", and "teixeiar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira. The correct English form is Teixeira, spelled T-E-I-X-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Portuguese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etixeira
- teiexira
- teixeiar
- teixeirra
- teixeria
- teixiera
- teixxeira
- texieira
- tiexeira
- tiexiera
- tteixeira
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Teixeira - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Teixeira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-I-X-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /təˈʃɛəɹə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.