caracterização
/kɐ.ɾɐk.tɨ.ɾi.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“caracterização” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,532
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de caracterizar
Corpus desk
Index PT-caracterizacao · caracterização · Portuguese
caracterização · rank #14,532 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,532
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Canada
Nearest frequency peer: Canada (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caracterização”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- been
been
85,475 corpus weight
- bife
bife
85,473 corpus weight
- Canada
Canada
85,470 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterização
85,469 corpus weight
- cheirar
cheirar
85,465 corpus weight
- cold
cold
85,463 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caracterização” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caracterização |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ɾɐk.tɨ.ɾi.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #14,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caracterização” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around caracterização (IPA /kɐ.ɾɐk.tɨ.ɾi.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,532 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for caracterização, with forms such as "acracterização", "caarcterização", and "caraccterização". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is caracterização, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de caracterizar
- 2determinação do carácter
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acracterização
- caarcterização
- caraccterização
- caracetrização
- caracteirzação
- caracteriazção
- caracterizaãço
- caracterizaçoã
- caracterizzação
- caracterizçaão
- caracterrização
- caracterziação
- caractreização
- caractterização
- caratcerização
- carcaterização
- carracterização
- ccaracterização
- craacterização
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caracterização - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caracterização", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,532 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.