cito
/ˈki.toː/
The verdict
“cito” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,237
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer mover-se, excitar.
Corpus desk
Index PT-cito · cito · Portuguese
cito · rank #25,237 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,237
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cimo
Nearest frequency peer: cimo (-2 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 “cito”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- catequese
catequese
74,775 corpus weight
- cercar
cercar
74,771 corpus weight
- cimo
cimo
74,766 corpus weight
- cito
cito
74,764 corpus weight
- cobrador
cobrador
74,759 corpus weight
- coincidente…
coincidentemente
74,758 corpus weight
What this shows “cito” 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 | cito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈki.toː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cito”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cito (IPA /ˈki.toː/), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,237 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cito, with forms such as "ccito", "ciot", and "citto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cut", "como", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cito, spelled C-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1fazer mover-se, excitar.
- 2chamar, mandar vir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccito
- ciot
- citto
- ctio
- icto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cito - 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 "cito", 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).