asfixia

/ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/

//ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“asfixia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,213
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insuficiência de oxigenação sistêmica devida a baixo conteúdo de oxigênio do ar ambiente ou a obstáculo mecânico à respiração

Corpus desk

Index PT-asfixia · asfixia · Portuguese

asfixia · rank #22,213 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,213
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH antologia

Nearest frequency peer: antologia (-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 “asfixia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “asfixia” 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
Key facts for asfixia
PropertyValue
Headwordasfixia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,213
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “asfixia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.asfixiacai 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 “antologia” (#22,211), “assaltante” (#22,216), “atrativo” (#22,221). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “asfixia” fica em #22,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around asfixia (IPA /ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,213 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "insuficiência de oxigenação sistêmica devida a baixo conteúdo de oxigênio do ar ambiente ou a obstáculo mecânico à respiração".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for asfixia, with forms such as "afsixia", "asffixia", and "asfiixa". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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. The correct Portuguese form is asfixia, spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    insuficiência de oxigenação sistêmica devida a baixo conteúdo de oxigênio do ar ambiente ou a obstáculo mecânico à respiração

This word in other languages

asphyxia(English)asfixia(Español)asphyxie(Français)Asphyxie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afsixia
  • asffixia
  • asfiixa
  • asfixai
  • asfixxia
  • asfxiia
  • asifxia
  • assfixia
  • safixia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afsixia2asffixia1asfiixa2asfixai2asfixxia1asfxiia2asifxia2assfixia1
Edit distance from "asfixia"

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 "asfixia"?
"asfixia" is spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/.
What does "asfixia" mean?
As a noun, "asfixia" means: insuficiência de oxigenação sistêmica devida a baixo conteúdo de oxigênio do ar ambiente ou a obstáculo mecânico à respiração
What are common misspellings of "asfixia"?
Common misspellings include "afsixia", "asffixia", "asfiixa", "asfixai", "asfixxia". The correct spelling is "asfixia".
How do you pronounce "asfixia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asfixia" is /ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asfixia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list