censo
/ˈsẽ.su/
The verdict
“censo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,830 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,830
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pesquisa que visa a coleta de dados estatísticos de um determinado lugar
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 | censo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsẽ.su/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “censo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for censo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsẽ.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,830 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pesquisa que visa a coleta de dados estatísticos de um determinado lugar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for censo, with forms such as "ccenso", "cennso", and "cenos". 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, "ceo", "certo", "cinco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is censo, spelled C-E-N-S-O.
Definition
- 1pesquisa que visa a coleta de dados estatísticos de um determinado lugar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccenso,cennso,cenos,censso,cesno,cneso,ecnso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of censo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “censo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-N-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsẽ.su/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ceo” - see the side-by-side comparison. censo vs ceo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.