cemitério

//se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,980

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

cemitério is aPortuguesenoun. It means: local destinado ao sepultamento dos mortos Pronounced /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/. It ranks #4,980 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with critério.

Key facts for cemitério
PropertyValue
Headwordcemitério
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,980
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cemitério in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cemitério is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,980 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cemitério, with forms such as "ccemitério", "ceimtério", and "cemitréio". 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, "critério", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cemitério, spelled C-E-M-I-T-É-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    local destinado ao sepultamento dos mortos
  2. 2
    lugar de grande mortandade
  3. 3
    lugar de despejo de objetos sem uso ou inservíveis

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccemitério,ceimtério,cemitréio,cemittério,cemitéiro,cemitéroi,cemitérrio,cemiétrio,cemmitério,cemtiério,cmeitério,ecmitério

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cemitério

Misspelling Variants of "cemitério"

ccemitério10ceimtério9cemitréio9cemittério10cemitéiro9cemitéroi9cemitérrio10cemiétrio9
Misspelling Variants of "cemitério"

Frequency rank: #4,980 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cemitério"?
"cemitério" is spelled C-E-M-I-T-É-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/.
What does "cemitério" mean?
As a noun, "cemitério" means: local destinado ao sepultamento dos mortos
What words are commonly confused with "cemitério"?
"cemitério" is commonly confused with "critério". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cemitério"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cemitério" is /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cemitério" come from?
"cemitério" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.