ciclone tropical
The verdict
“ciclone tropical” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sistema de tempestades com ventos que circulam na forma de espiral em alta velocidade caracterizado por um centro de baixa pressão, ventos fortes e um arranjo circular que produzem chuvas fortes, v...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ciclone tropical |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ciclone tropical” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ciclone tropical is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sistema de tempestades com ventos que circulam na forma de espiral em alta velocidade caracterizado por um centro de baixa pressão, ventos fortes e um arranjo circular que produzem chuvas fortes, v...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ciclone tropical, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ciclone tropical, spelled C-I-C-L-O-N-E- -T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1sistema de tempestades com ventos que circulam na forma de espiral em alta velocidade caracterizado por um centro de baixa pressão, ventos fortes e um arranjo circular que produzem chuvas fortes, variando em força crescente
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ciclone tropical”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-I-C-L-O-N-E- -T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.