alzheimer

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,277

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

alzheimer is aPortuguesenoun. It means: doença neurodegenerativa caracterizada por demência progressiva, perda de memória e declínio cognitivo

Key facts for alzheimer
PropertyValue
Headwordalzheimer
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,277
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alzheimer in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alzheimer is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #14,277 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "doença neurodegenerativa caracterizada por demência progressiva, perda de memória e declínio cognitivo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for alzheimer, with forms such as "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", and "alzehimer". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is alzheimer, spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    doença neurodegenerativa caracterizada por demência progressiva, perda de memória e declínio cognitivo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alhzeimer,allzheimer,alzehimer,alzheiemr,alzheimerr,alzheimmer,alzheimre,alzhemier,alzhheimer,alzhiemer,alzzheimer,azlheimer,lazheimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alzheimer

Misspelling Variants of "alzheimer"

alhzeimer9allzheimer10alzehimer9alzheiemr9alzheimerr10alzheimmer10alzheimre9alzhemier9
Misspelling Variants of "alzheimer"

Frequency rank: #14,277 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alzheimer"?
"alzheimer" is spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R.
What does "alzheimer" mean?
As a noun, "alzheimer" means: doença neurodegenerativa caracterizada por demência progressiva, perda de memória e declínio cognitivo
What are common misspellings of "alzheimer"?
Common misspellings include "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", "alzehimer", "alzheiemr", "alzheimerr". The correct spelling is "alzheimer".
What language does "alzheimer" come from?
"alzheimer" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.