ceia
/ˈsɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“ceia” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,796) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,796
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a última refeição do dia
Corpus desk
Index PT-ceia · ceia · Portuguese
ceia · rank #14,796 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,796
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cascata
Nearest frequency peer: cascata (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ceia”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- burguesia
burguesia
85,211 corpus weight
- camarote
camarote
85,209 corpus weight
- carnes
carnes
85,207 corpus weight
- cascata
cascata
85,206 corpus weight
- ceia
ceia
85,205 corpus weight
- chácara
chácara
85,202 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ceia” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ceia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ceia”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ceia is neighbouring look-alikes ("ci", "céu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈsɐj.ɐ/. Frequency #14,796 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ceia, with forms such as "cceia", "ceai", and "ciea". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "céu", "chá", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ceia, spelled C-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1a última refeição do dia
- 2ato ou efeito de cear
- 3sacramento da Eucaristia ou rito da comunhão, constituída da última ceia de Jesus com seus apóstolos
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cceia
- ceai
- ciea
- ecia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ceia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "ceia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).