celibato

/sɨ.li.ˈba.tu/

//sɨ.li.ˈba.tu// noun

The verdict

“celibato” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,187
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado da pessoa que é solteira e que não tem intenção de casar, ou não pode casar

Corpus desk

Index PT-celibato · celibato · Portuguese

celibato · rank #34,187 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,187
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH category

Nearest frequency peer: category (-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 “celibato”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “celibato” 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
Key facts for celibato
PropertyValue
Headwordcelibato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.li.ˈba.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,187
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “celibato”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).celibatocai 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 “category” (#34,184), “centrar” (#34,190), “cassar” (#34,183). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “celibato” fica em #34,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around celibato (IPA /sɨ.li.ˈba.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,187 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "estado da pessoa que é solteira e que não tem intenção de casar, ou não pode casar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for celibato, with forms such as "ccelibato", "ceilbato", and "celbiato". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is celibato, spelled C-E-L-I-B-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estado da pessoa que é solteira e que não tem intenção de casar, ou não pode casar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccelibato
  • ceilbato
  • celbiato
  • celiabto
  • celibaot
  • celibatto
  • celibbato
  • celibtao
  • cellibato
  • cleibato
  • eclibato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of celibato - 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.

ccelibato1ceilbato2celbiato2celiabto2celibaot2celibatto1celibbato1celibtao2
Edit distance from "celibato"

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 "celibato"?
"celibato" is spelled C-E-L-I-B-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.li.ˈba.tu/.
What does "celibato" mean?
As a noun, "celibato" means: estado da pessoa que é solteira e que não tem intenção de casar, ou não pode casar
What are common misspellings of "celibato"?
Common misspellings include "ccelibato", "ceilbato", "celbiato", "celiabto", "celibaot". The correct spelling is "celibato".
How do you pronounce "celibato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celibato" is /sɨ.li.ˈba.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celibato" come from?
"celibato" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "celibato", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list