basic
/ˈbeɪsɪk/
The verdict
“basic” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,454
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - básico
Corpus desk
Index PT-basic · basic · Portuguese
basic · rank #13,454 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,454
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH blood
Nearest frequency peer: blood (+3 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 “basic”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- arrastar
arrastar
86,559 corpus weight
- ascendente
ascendente
86,557 corpus weight
- astronauta
astronauta
86,556 corpus weight
- basic
basic
86,547 corpus weight
- blood
blood
86,544 corpus weight
- brinco
brinco
86,541 corpus weight
What this shows “basic” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | basic |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪsɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “basic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around basic (IPA /ˈbeɪsɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,454 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "básico".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for basic, with forms such as "absic", "baisc", and "basci". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Bass", "basta", "Brasil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is basic, spelled B-A-S-I-C.
Definition
- 1básico
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absic
- baisc
- basci
- basicc
- bassic
- bbasic
- bsaic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basic - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).