certame

Name: certame, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ/

//sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“certame” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,225
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - combate, briga, contenda

Corpus desk

Index PT-certame · certame · Portuguese

certame · rank #17,225 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #17,225
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH cirúrgico

Nearest frequency peer: cirúrgico (+3 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.

burrice

82,789
camelo

82,785
cardápio

82,782
certame

82,776
cirúrgico

82,773
compare

82,765

What this shows “certame” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

certame vs certain

71% similar

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

Key facts for certame
Property	Value
Headword	certame
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#17,225
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “certame”

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

#17,225

#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 “cirúrgico” (#17,228), “cardápio” (#17,219), “camelo” (#17,216). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “certame” fica em #17,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around certame (IPA /sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,225 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for certame, with forms such as "ccertame", "ceratme", and "cerrtame". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "certain", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is certame, spelled C-E-R-T-A-M-E.

Definition

1
combate, briga, contenda
2
disputa
3
competição esportiva, campeonato, torneio
4
evento em que diferentes participantes ou grupos destes apresentam determinados produtos, criações artísticas etc., visando ou não a premiação
5
concurso para concorrer a uma vaga de emprego em uma instituição pública

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccertame
ceratme
cerrtame
certaem
certamme
certmae
certtame
cetrame
cretame
ecrtame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "certame"

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 "certame"?

"certame" is spelled C-E-R-T-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ/.

What does "certame" mean?

As a noun, "certame" means: combate, briga, contenda

What words are commonly confused with "certame"?

"certame" is commonly confused with "certain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "certame"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "certame" is /sɨɾ.ˈtɐ.mɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "certame" come from?

"certame" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

compare#17,236 burrice#17,212 audácia#17,200 escocês#17,274

Similar misspelling depth

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

vaginal10 variants reclame10 variants matinal10 variants mandava10 variants