balística

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,798

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

balística is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ciência que estuda o movimento dos projéteis, seu comportamento no interior das armas de fogo e no espaço exterior a elas

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of balística in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for balística is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #42,798 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for balística, with forms such as "ablística", "ballística", and "balsítica". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is balística, spelled B-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablística,ballística,balsítica,balísitca,balísstica,balístcia,balístiac,balísticca,balísttica,balítsica,baílstica,bbalística,blaística

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for balística

Misspelling Variants of "balística"

ablística9ballística10balsítica9balísitca9balísstica10balístcia9balístiac9balísticca10
Misspelling Variants of "balística"

Frequency rank: #42,798 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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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.