benéfico
/bɨ.ˈnɛ.fi.ku/
The verdict
“benéfico” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,209
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que faz bem; salutar, benfazejo
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 | benéfico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɨ.ˈnɛ.fi.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “benéfico” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around benéfico (IPA /bɨ.ˈnɛ.fi.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,209 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for benéfico, with forms such as "bbenéfico", "benféico", and "bennéfico". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "benefit", "Benedict", "benefício", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is benéfico, spelled B-E-N-É-F-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que faz bem; salutar, benfazejo
- 2voltado para o bem, que visa ao bem
- 3que é bondoso; caridoso, benevolente
- 4que beneficia; positivo, favorável, propício
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbenéfico
- benféico
- bennéfico
- benéfcio
- benéffico
- benéficco
- benéfioc
- benéifco
- beénfico
- bneéfico
- ebnéfico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of benéfico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “benéfico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-E-N-É-F-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɨ.ˈnɛ.fi.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “benefit” - see the side-by-side comparison. benéfico vs benefit
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.