cima
/ˈsi.mɐ/
The verdict
“cima” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #580
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a parte superior de alguma coisa; alto, cume, cimeira, topo
Corpus desk
Index PT-cima · cima · Portuguese
cima · rank #580 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #580
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH capital
Nearest frequency peer: capital (-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 “cima”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- vale
vale
99,425 corpus weight
- viver
viver
99,424 corpus weight
- capital
capital
99,422 corpus weight
- cima
cima
99,421 corpus weight
- justiça
justiça
99,420 corpus weight
- linha
linha
99,419 corpus weight
What this shows “cima” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cima |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsi.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cima”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cima (IPA /ˈsi.mɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #580 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cima, with forms such as "ccima", "ciam", and "cimma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "com", "clã", "CSA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cima, spelled C-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1a parte superior de alguma coisa; alto, cume, cimeira, topo
- 2cobro, remate, termo
- 3o mesmo que cimeira (inflorescência)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cima appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A cima da árvore, do monte.
Dar cima a um mal-entendido.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccima
- ciam
- cimma
- cmia
- icma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cima - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cima", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).