abdicar
/ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“abdicar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,309
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desistir
Corpus desk
Index PT-abdicar · abdicar · Portuguese
abdicar · rank #19,309 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,309
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH won't
Nearest frequency peer: won't (-8 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “abdicar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- toro
toro
80,714 corpus weight
- trilho
trilho
80,712 corpus weight
- won't
won't
80,700 corpus weight
- abdicar
abdicar
80,692 corpus weight
- amora
amora
80,681 corpus weight
- anemia
anemia
80,676 corpus weight
What this shows “abdicar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abdicar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “abdicar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around abdicar (IPA /ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,309 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for abdicar, with forms such as "abbdicar", "abdciar", and "abddicar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "adiar", "adição", "aplicar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is abdicar, spelled A-B-D-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1desistir
- 2renunciar
- 3resignar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbdicar
- abdciar
- abddicar
- abdiacr
- abdicarr
- abdiccar
- abdicra
- abidcar
- adbicar
- badicar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abdicar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).