câmbio
/kɐ̃.bju/
The verdict
“câmbio” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,048
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressão radiofônica que indica que o remetente parou temporariamente de transmitir e o canal está aberto para que o receptor possa responder
Corpus desk
Index PT-cambio · câmbio · Portuguese
câmbio · rank #6,048 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,048
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cumprimento
Nearest frequency peer: cumprimento (-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 “câmbio”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- creme
creme
93,955 corpus weight
- cumprimento
cumprimento
93,954 corpus weight
- câmbio
câmbio
93,953 corpus weight
- dali
dali
93,952 corpus weight
- destruído
destruído
93,950 corpus weight
- dicionário
dicionário
93,949 corpus weight
What this shows “câmbio” 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 | câmbio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /kɐ̃.bju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “câmbio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around câmbio (IPA /kɐ̃.bju/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #6,048 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressão radiofônica que indica que o remetente parou temporariamente de transmitir e o canal está aberto para que o receptor possa responder".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for câmbio, with forms such as "ccâmbio", "cmâbio", and "câbmio". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "campo", "camelo", "comboio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is câmbio, spelled C-Â-M-B-I-O.
Definition
- 1expressão radiofônica que indica que o remetente parou temporariamente de transmitir e o canal está aberto para que o receptor possa responder
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccâmbio
- cmâbio
- câbmio
- câmbbio
- câmboi
- câmibo
- câmmbio
- âcmbio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of câmbio - 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 "câmbio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).