alimento

/a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/

//a.li.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“alimento” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,704
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância destinada ao consumo de seres vivos heterótrofos, com o fito de prover energia e material para o crescimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-alimento · alimento · Portuguese

alimento · rank #5,704 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,704
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ave

Nearest frequency peer: ave (+4 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 “alimento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “alimento” 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).

alimento vs aumento
75% similar
alimento vs alimentar
78% similar
alimento vs adiamento
78% similar

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

Key facts for alimento
PropertyValue
Headwordalimento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,704
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “alimento”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).alimentocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ave” (#5,708), “vital” (#5,696), “bolas” (#5,713). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alimento” fica em #5,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around alimento (IPA /a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,704 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alimento, with forms such as "ailmento", "aliemnto", and "alimennto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aumento", "alimentar", "adiamento", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is alimento, spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância destinada ao consumo de seres vivos heterótrofos, com o fito de prover energia e material para o crescimento
  2. 2
    o conjunto de substâncias normalmente ingeridas por uma pessoa ou animal
  3. 3
    provimentos destinados ao consumo e satisfação de necessidades fisiológicas de um indivíduo (P.e., pensão alimentícia)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Para assistir ao show do guitarrista, que tocará com uma banda formada por músicos brasileiros, basta levar um quilo de alimento.

Synonyms

comidarefeição

This word in other languages

food(English)comida(Español)nourriture(Français)Nahrung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailmento
  • aliemnto
  • alimennto
  • alimenot
  • alimentto
  • alimetno
  • alimmento
  • alimneto
  • allimento
  • almiento
  • laimento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alimento - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ailmento2aliemnto2alimennto1alimenot2alimentto1alimetno2alimmento1alimneto2
Edit distance from "alimento"

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 "alimento"?
"alimento" is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "alimento" mean?
As a noun, "alimento" means: substância destinada ao consumo de seres vivos heterótrofos, com o fito de prover energia e material para o crescimento
What words are commonly confused with "alimento"?
"alimento" is commonly confused with "aumento", "alimentar", "adiamento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alimento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alimento" is /a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alimento" come from?
"alimento" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list