autodefesa
/aw.tɔ.dɨ.ˈfe.zɐ/
The verdict
“autodefesa” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,202
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de se defender
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autodefesa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.tɔ.dɨ.ˈfe.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autodefesa” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around autodefesa (IPA /aw.tɔ.dɨ.ˈfe.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,202 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de se defender".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autodefesa, with forms such as "atuodefesa", "auotdefesa", and "autdoefesa". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 autodefesa, spelled A-U-T-O-D-E-F-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de se defender
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuodefesa
- auotdefesa
- autdoefesa
- autoddefesa
- autodeefsa
- autodefeas
- autodefessa
- autodeffesa
- autodefsea
- autodfeesa
- autoedfesa
- auttodefesa
- uatodefesa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autodefesa - 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.
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 “autodefesa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-D-E-F-E-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aw.tɔ.dɨ.ˈfe.zɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.