atlético

adj

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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
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a ou próprio de atleta ou de atletismo

Corpus desk

Index PT-atletico · atlético · Portuguese

atlético · rank #3,744 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,744
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH assume

Nearest frequency peer: assume (-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 “atlético”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “atlético” 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).

atlético vs atletismo
67% similar
atlético vs atlântico
78% similar

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

Key facts for atlético
PropertyValue
Headwordatlético
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,744
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “atlético”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).atléticocai 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 “assume” (#3,743), “barco” (#3,745), “americanas” (#3,741). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “atlético” fica em #3,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around atlético, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,744 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 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

  1. 1
    relativo a ou próprio de atleta ou de atletismo
  2. 2
    de constituição robusta; forte, musculoso
  3. 3
    na classificação de Kretschmer, um dos quatro tipos de tipos físicos humanos, caracterizado por um corpo atlético ao qual está geralmente associada uma personalidade epileptóide

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. modalidade atlética
  2. corpo atlético

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.

altético2atllético1atltéico2atléitco2atlétcio2atléticco1atlétioc2atléttico1
Edit distance from "atlético"

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 "atlético"?
"atlético" is spelled A-T-L-É-T-I-C-O.
What does "atlético" mean?
As an adjective, "atlético" means: relativo a ou próprio de atleta ou de atletismo
What words are commonly confused with "atlético"?
"atlético" is commonly confused with "atletismo", "atlântico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "atlético" come from?
"atlético" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

circuito#3,748promessa#3,715inclusão#3,775analisar#3,816

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