cinco
/ˈsĩ.ku/
The verdict
“cinco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #373
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - número equivalente a quatro mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha cinco elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 5 (algarismos arábicos) ou V (algarismos romanos)
Corpus desk
Index PT-cinco · cinco · Portuguese
cinco · rank #373 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #373
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH C
Nearest frequency peer: C (-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 “cinco”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- tenha
tenha
99,632 corpus weight
- algum
algum
99,630 corpus weight
- C
C
99,629 corpus weight
- cinco
cinco
99,628 corpus weight
- desenvolvim…
desenvolvimento
99,627 corpus weight
- dessa
dessa
99,626 corpus weight
What this shows “cinco” 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 | cinco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsĩ.ku/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cinco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cinco (IPA /ˈsĩ.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #373 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "número equivalente a quatro mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha cinco elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 5 (algarismos arábicos) ou V (algarismos romanos)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinco, with forms such as "ccinco", "cicno", and "cincco". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cio", "coco", "Ciro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cinco, spelled C-I-N-C-O.
Definition
- 1número equivalente a quatro mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha cinco elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 5 (algarismos arábicos) ou V (algarismos romanos)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cinco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os seres humanos têm cinco sentidos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccinco
- cicno
- cincco
- cinnco
- cinoc
- cnico
- icnco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cinco - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).