balística

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“balística” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,798
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ciência que estuda o movimento dos projéteis, seu comportamento no interior das armas de fogo e no espaço exterior a elas

Corpus desk

Index PT-balistica · balística · Portuguese

balística · rank #42,798 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,798
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bifurcação

Nearest frequency peer: bifurcação (+9 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 “balística”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “balística” 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
Key facts for balística
PropertyValue
Headwordbalística
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,798
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “balística”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).balísticacai 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 “bifurcação” (#42,807), “astrólogo” (#42,788), “asterisco” (#42,787). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “balística” fica em #42,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around balística, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,798 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for balística, with forms such as "ablística", "ballística", and "balsítica". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is balística, spelled B-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciência que estuda o movimento dos projéteis, seu comportamento no interior das armas de fogo e no espaço exterior a elas
  2. 2
    estudo comparativo de armas, munições e projéteis para fins periciais

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A balística forense foi essencial para resolver o caso
  2. O exame de balística identificou a arma usada no crime

This word in other languages

ballistics(English)balística(Español)balistique(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablística
  • ballística
  • balsítica
  • balísitca
  • balísstica
  • balístcia
  • balístiac
  • balísticca
  • balísttica
  • balítsica
  • baílstica
  • bbalística
  • blaística

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balística - 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.

ablística2ballística1balsítica2balísitca2balísstica1balístcia2balístiac2balísticca1
Edit distance from "balística"

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 "balística"?
"balística" is spelled B-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A.
What does "balística" mean?
As a noun, "balística" means: ciência que estuda o movimento dos projéteis, seu comportamento no interior das armas de fogo e no espaço exterior a elas
What are common misspellings of "balística"?
Common misspellings include "ablística", "ballística", "balsítica", "balísitca", "balísstica". The correct spelling is "balística".
What language does "balística" come from?
"balística" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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 "balística", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

astrólogo#42,788asterisco#42,787contagiar#42,849vasculhar#42,724

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

bifurcação13 variantsherbicida13 variantsinflamado13 variantsinsalubre13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list