alargamento

noun

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The verdict

“alargamento” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,201
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de alargar

Corpus desk

Index PT-alargamento · alargamento · Portuguese

alargamento · rank #22,201 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,201
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alcoólatra

Nearest frequency peer: alcoólatra (+2 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 “alargamento”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “alargamento” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alargamento vs apartamento
82% similar
alargamento vs alongamento
82% similar
alargamento vs amargamente
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alargamento
PropertyValue
Headwordalargamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,201
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “alargamento”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.alargamentocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “alcoólatra” (#22,203), “alcoólico” (#22,204), “acrônimo” (#22,196). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alargamento” fica em #22,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around alargamento, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,201 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato de alargar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for alargamento, with forms such as "aalrgamento", "alagramento", and "alaragmento". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "apartamento", "alongamento", "amargamente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is alargamento, spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de alargar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how alargamento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «As obras na autoestrada preveem o alargamento de uma faixa de rodagem em cada sentido para melhorar o fluxo de tráfego.»

This word in other languages

enlargement(English)alargamiento(Español)élargissement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aalrgamento
  • alagramento
  • alaragmento
  • alargaemnto
  • alargamennto
  • alargamenot
  • alargamentto
  • alargametno
  • alargammento
  • alargamneto
  • alarggamento
  • alargmaento
  • alarrgamento
  • allargamento
  • alragamento
  • laargamento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alargamento - 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.

aalrgamento2alagramento2alaragmento2alargaemnto2alargamennto1alargamenot2alargamentto1alargametno2
Edit distance from "alargamento"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alargamento"?
"alargamento" is spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-M-E-N-T-O.
What does "alargamento" mean?
As a noun, "alargamento" means: ato de alargar
What words are commonly confused with "alargamento"?
"alargamento" is commonly confused with "apartamento", "alongamento", "amargamente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "alargamento" come from?
"alargamento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alargamento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

resiliência#22,148contundente#22,264desembarcar#22,274equatoriano#22,305

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

microscópio16 variantscibernética16 variantscartografia16 variantspluralidade16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list