catecismo
/kɐ.tɨ.ˈsiʒ.mu/
The verdict
“catecismo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,462
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - livro elementar de instrução religiosa por perguntas e respostas
Corpus desk
Index PT-catecismo · catecismo · Portuguese
catecismo · rank #30,462 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,462
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Cartum
Nearest frequency peer: Cartum (-3 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 “catecismo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- calha
calha
69,548 corpus weight
- carnal
carnal
69,544 corpus weight
- Cartum
Cartum
69,542 corpus weight
- catecismo
catecismo
69,539 corpus weight
- Christmas
Christmas
69,534 corpus weight
- coloquial
coloquial
69,529 corpus weight
What this shows “catecismo” 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 | catecismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.tɨ.ˈsiʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “catecismo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around catecismo (IPA /kɐ.tɨ.ˈsiʒ.mu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,462 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for catecismo, with forms such as "actecismo", "caetcismo", and "catceismo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ceticismo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 catecismo, spelled C-A-T-E-C-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1livro elementar de instrução religiosa por perguntas e respostas
- 2doutrinação elementar sobre qualquer ciência ou arte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catecismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Até o catecismo da Igreja Católica reconhece e afirma os direitos de pessoas com tendência homossexual dentro e fora da Igreja.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actecismo
- caetcismo
- catceismo
- cateccismo
- catecimso
- catecismmo
- catecisom
- catecissmo
- catecsimo
- cateicsmo
- cattecismo
- ccatecismo
- ctaecismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catecismo - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).