cérebro

noun

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The verdict

“cérebro” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,471
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - órgão do corpo de vários animais, integrante do sistema nervoso; é responsável pelo controle de outros órgãos, via impulsos elétricos e pelo raciocínio; é protegido pelo crânio e composto por neurô...

Corpus desk

Index PT-cerebro · cérebro · Portuguese

cérebro · rank #2,471 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,471
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH custa

Nearest frequency peer: custa (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cérebro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cérebro” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cérebro vs cerro
57% similar
cérebro vs certeiro
63% similar
cérebro vs célebre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cérebro
PropertyValue
Headwordcérebro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,471
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cérebro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cérebrocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “custa” (#2,470), “daquela” (#2,472), “Chile” (#2,468). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cérebro” fica em #2,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cérebro, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,471 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cérebro, with forms such as "ccérebro", "créebro", and "céerbro". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cerro", "certeiro", "célebre", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cérebro, spelled C-É-R-E-B-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão do corpo de vários animais, integrante do sistema nervoso; é responsável pelo controle de outros órgãos, via impulsos elétricos e pelo raciocínio; é protegido pelo crânio e composto por neurônios
  2. 2
    parte central de um sistema de processamento de dados

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cérebro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Segundo a bióloga Yara Fleury Van der Molen, especialista em sono da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), o corpo e o cérebro podem estranhar a luz até mais tarde.
  2. Este computador é o cérebro de todo o sistema.

Synonyms

mioleiratico e teco

This word in other languages

brain(English)cerebro(Español)cerveau(Français)Gehirn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccérebro
  • créebro
  • céerbro
  • cérbero
  • cérebbro
  • cérebor
  • cérebrro
  • cérerbo
  • cérrebro
  • écrebro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccérebro1créebro2céerbro2cérbero2cérebbro1cérebor2cérebrro1cérerbo2
Edit distance from "cérebro"

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 "cérebro"?
"cérebro" is spelled C-É-R-E-B-R-O.
What does "cérebro" mean?
As a noun, "cérebro" means: órgão do corpo de vários animais, integrante do sistema nervoso; é responsável pelo controle de outros órgãos, via impulsos elétricos e pelo raciocínio; é protegido pelo crânio e composto por neurô...
What words are commonly confused with "cérebro"?
"cérebro" is commonly confused with "cerro", "certeiro", "célebre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cérebro" come from?
"cérebro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

daquela#2,472estreia#2,477fábrica#2,480marcado#2,487

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tratado10 variantspiscina10 variantstermina10 variantstivemos10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list