blitz
The verdict
“blitz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ataque rápido e inesperado
Corpus desk
Index PT-blitz · blitz · Portuguese
blitz · rank #15,999 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,999
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH brega
Nearest frequency peer: brega (+2 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 “blitz”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- astronomia
astronomia
84,010 corpus weight
- bactéria
bactéria
84,005 corpus weight
- blitz
blitz
84,002 corpus weight
- brega
brega
84,000 corpus weight
- cascavel
cascavel
83,995 corpus weight
- castor
castor
83,994 corpus weight
What this shows “blitz” 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 | blitz |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “blitz”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around blitz, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,999 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blitz, with forms such as "bblitz", "biltz", and "blittz". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bit", "bait", "baita", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is blitz, spelled B-L-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1ataque rápido e inesperado
- 2inspeção policial inesperada, geralmente mobilizando grande aparato
- 3operação ou campanha não militar (de fiscalização, por exemplo) iniciada sem aviso prévio e envolvendo esforço concentrado e coordenado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meu carro foi fiscalizado numa blitz.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblitz
- biltz
- blittz
- blitzz
- blizt
- bllitz
- bltiz
- lbitz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blitz - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (8 here; floor ≥5).