cinza
[ˈsĩŋza], plural: [ˈsĩŋzas]
The verdict
“cinza” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,392
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cuja cor é o cinza²
Corpus desk
Index PT-cinza · cinza · Portuguese
cinza · rank #5,392 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,392
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH colocação
Nearest frequency peer: colocação (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cinza”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- burro
burro
94,614 corpus weight
- cancelar
cancelar
94,613 corpus weight
- carrega
carrega
94,612 corpus weight
- cinza
cinza
94,609 corpus weight
- colocação
colocação
94,608 corpus weight
- comeu
comeu
94,606 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cinza” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | cinza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsĩŋza], plural: [ˈsĩŋzas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “cinza” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cinza (IPA [ˈsĩŋza], plural: [ˈsĩŋzas]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,392 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "cuja cor é o cinza²".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinza, with forms such as "ccinza", "cinaz", and "cinnza". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "conta", "cunha", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cinza, spelled C-I-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1cuja cor é o cinza²
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccinza
- cinaz
- cinnza
- cinzza
- cizna
- cniza
- icnza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cinza - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cinza", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
What to do next
You've looked up "cinza". Here's where to go from here.
- "cinza" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cona". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,392 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
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.