cálculo

noun

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The verdict

“cálculo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,724
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - operação aritmética, tal como soma, subtração, multiplicação ou divisão

Corpus desk

Index PT-calculo · cálculo · Portuguese

cálculo · rank #5,724 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,724
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH dedicar

Nearest frequency peer: dedicar (+1 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 “cálculo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cálculo” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cálculo vs casulo
57% similar
cálculo vs círculo
71% similar
cálculo vs cálcio
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cálculo
PropertyValue
Headwordcálculo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,724
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cálculo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cálculocai 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 “dedicar” (#5,725), “desconto” (#5,726), “condenação” (#5,721). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cálculo” fica em #5,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cálculo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,724 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cálculo, with forms such as "ccálculo", "cláculo", and "cáclulo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "casulo", "círculo", "cálcio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cálculo, spelled C-Á-L-C-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    operação aritmética, tal como soma, subtração, multiplicação ou divisão
  2. 2
    processo envolvendo diversas operações artiméticas
  3. 3
    avaliação
  4. 4
    nome vulgar da disciplina ensinada no início de cursos de ciências exatas, tais como Física, Engenharia ou Química; é uma contração, pois o nome completo é Cálculo Diferencial e Integral, por exemplo
  5. 5
    estimação de custos e lucros em atividades financeiras
  6. 6
    concreção em reservatórios e ductos orgânicos
  7. 7
    cobiça

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cálculo do Imposto de Renda
  2. Cálculo nos rins.

Synonyms

cômputoconjeturapedra

This word in other languages

calculus(English)cálculo(Español)calcul(Français)Rechnung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccálculo
  • cláculo
  • cáclulo
  • cálcculo
  • cálcluo
  • cálcullo
  • cálcuol
  • cállculo
  • cáluclo
  • áclculo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cálculo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccálculo1cláculo2cáclulo2cálcculo1cálcluo2cálcullo1cálcuol2cállculo1
Edit distance from "cálculo"

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 "cálculo"?
"cálculo" is spelled C-Á-L-C-U-L-O.
What does "cálculo" mean?
As a noun, "cálculo" means: operação aritmética, tal como soma, subtração, multiplicação ou divisão
What words are commonly confused with "cálculo"?
"cálculo" is commonly confused with "casulo", "círculo", "cálcio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cálculo" come from?
"cálculo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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 "cálculo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dedicar#5,725impulso#5,748juvenil#5,756remoção#5,680

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

borracha10 variantsinfecção10 variantsperfume10 variantsperdoar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list