âmbito

/ˈbi.tu/

//ˈbi.tu// noun

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The verdict

“âmbito” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,052
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contorno

Corpus desk

Index PT-ambito · âmbito · Portuguese

âmbito · rank #3,052 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,052
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Â" thin
  • PHOTO-FINISH voo

Nearest frequency peer: voo (-1 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 “âmbito”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “âmbito” 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).

âmbito vs amigo
50% similar
âmbito vs apito
50% similar
âmbito vs atrito
50% similar

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

Key facts for âmbito
PropertyValue
Headwordâmbito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbi.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,052
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “âmbito”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “voo” (#3,051), “visual” (#3,050), “anjo” (#3,055). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around âmbito (IPA /ˈbi.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,052. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for âmbito, with forms such as "mâbito", "âbmito", and "âmbbito". 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 also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "amigo", "apito", "atrito", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is âmbito, spelled Â-M-B-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    contorno
  2. 2
    espaço delimitado; recinto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Agora desço ao círculo segundo
  2. onde os gritos de dor vão aumentando

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mâbito
  • âbmito
  • âmbbito
  • âmbiot
  • âmbitto
  • âmbtio
  • âmibto
  • âmmbito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mâbito2âbmito2âmbbito1âmbiot2âmbitto1âmbtio2âmibto2âmmbito1
Edit distance from "âmbito"

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 "âmbito"?
"âmbito" is spelled Â-M-B-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbi.tu/.
What does "âmbito" mean?
As a noun, "âmbito" means: contorno
What words are commonly confused with "âmbito"?
"âmbito" is commonly confused with "amigo", "apito", "atrito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "âmbito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "âmbito" is /ˈbi.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "âmbito" come from?
"âmbito" 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 "âmbito", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

visual#3,050trinta#3,047tabela#3,045núcleo#3,029

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

links8 variantsfrank8 variantsmáxima8 variantsrotina8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list