autorizado
The verdict
“autorizado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,266
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dotado de autoridade
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 | autorizado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autorizado” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around autorizado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,266 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autorizado, with forms such as "atuorizado", "auotrizado", and "autoirzado". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "autorizar", "autoridade", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is autorizado, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-Z-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1dotado de autoridade
- 2permitido, expressamente consentido
- 3respeitável, digno de crédito
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuorizado
- auotrizado
- autoirzado
- autoriazdo
- autorizaddo
- autorizaod
- autorizdao
- autorizzado
- autorrizado
- autorziado
- autroizado
- auttorizado
- uatorizado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autorizado - 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 “autorizado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-R-I-Z-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “autorizar” - see the side-by-side comparison. autorizado vs autorizar
- 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.