autoestima
/aw.tɔ.iʃ.ˈti.mɐ/
The verdict
“autoestima” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,833 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,833
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - valorização de si mesmo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autoestima |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.tɔ.iʃ.ˈti.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autoestima” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for autoestima is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.tɔ.iʃ.ˈti.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,833 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "valorização de si mesmo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autoestima, with forms such as "atuoestima", "auotestima", and "auteostima". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 autoestima, spelled A-U-T-O-E-S-T-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1valorização de si mesmo.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atuoestima,auotestima,auteostima,autoesitma,autoesstima,autoestiam,autoestimma,autoestmia,autoesttima,autoetsima,autosetima,auttoestima,uatoestima
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autoestima - 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 “autoestima”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-E-S-T-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aw.tɔ.iʃ.ˈti.mɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.