cemitério
/se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/
The verdict
“cemitério” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,980
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - local destinado ao sepultamento dos mortos
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 | cemitério |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cemitério” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cemitério (IPA /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,980 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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 documented word history exists for this headword, 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 cemitério, spelled C-E-M-I-T-É-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1local destinado ao sepultamento dos mortos
- 2lugar de grande mortandade
- 3lugar de despejo de objetos sem uso ou inservíveis
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccemitério,ceimtério,cemitréio,cemittério,cemitéiro,cemitéroi,cemitérrio,cemiétrio,cemmitério,cemtiério,cmeitério,ecmitério
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cemitério - 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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Using “cemitério”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-M-I-T-É-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “critério” - see the side-by-side comparison. cemitério vs critério
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.