atlético
The verdict
“atlético” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo a ou próprio de atleta ou de atletismo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atlético |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atlético” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around atlético, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,744 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for atlético, with forms such as "altético", "atllético", and "atltéico". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "atletismo", "atlântico", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 atlético, spelled A-T-L-É-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo a ou próprio de atleta ou de atletismo
- 2de constituição robusta; forte, musculoso
- 3na classificação de Kretschmer, um dos quatro tipos de tipos físicos humanos, caracterizado por um corpo atlético ao qual está geralmente associada uma personalidade epileptóide
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altético
- atllético
- atltéico
- atléitco
- atlétcio
- atléticco
- atlétioc
- atléttico
- attlético
- atéltico
- talético
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atlético - 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.
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.
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Using “atlético”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-T-L-É-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “atletismo” - see the side-by-side comparison. atlético vs atletismo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.