cerrado

/sɨ.ˈRa.du/

//sɨ.ˈRa.du// adj

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The verdict

“cerrado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,441
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fechado

Corpus desk

Index PT-cerrado · cerrado · Portuguese

cerrado · rank #8,441 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,441
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cancelamento

Nearest frequency peer: cancelamento (-2 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 “cerrado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cerrado” 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).

cerrado vs cerro
71% similar
cerrado vs corrido
71% similar
cerrado vs coroado
71% similar

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

Key facts for cerrado
PropertyValue
Headwordcerrado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/sɨ.ˈRa.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,441
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cerrado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cerradocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cancelamento” (#8,439), “caminhando” (#8,438), “bruxa” (#8,437). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cerrado” fica em #8,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cerrado (IPA /sɨ.ˈRa.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,441 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerrado, with forms such as "ccerrado", "cerado", and "cerardo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "cerro", "corrido", "coroado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cerrado, spelled C-E-R-R-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    fechado
  2. 2
    muito apertado, compacto, com muita densidade
  3. 3
    com pouca ou nenhuma luz ou claridade
  4. 4
    de pronúncia pouco inteligível
  5. 5
    com vigor
  6. 6
    teimoso, implacável, insensível

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerrado
  • cerado
  • cerardo
  • cerraddo
  • cerraod
  • cerrdao
  • crerado
  • ecrrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccerrado1cerado1cerardo2cerraddo1cerraod2cerrdao2crerado2ecrrado2
Edit distance from "cerrado"

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 "cerrado"?
"cerrado" is spelled C-E-R-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈRa.du/.
What does "cerrado" mean?
As an adjective, "cerrado" means: fechado
What words are commonly confused with "cerrado"?
"cerrado" is commonly confused with "cerro", "corrido", "coroado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerrado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerrado" is /sɨ.ˈRa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerrado" come from?
"cerrado" 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 "cerrado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

amoroso#8,418triunfo#8,401síntese#8,399frontal#8,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

antena8 variantstática8 variantspássaro8 variantsdengue8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list