clínico
/ˈkli.ni.ku/
The verdict
“clínico” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,687
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relacionado ou ligado à clínica
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 | clínico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkli.ni.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clínico” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around clínico (IPA /ˈkli.ni.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,687 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for clínico, with forms such as "cclínico", "cllínico", and "clníico". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "crítico", "cinco", "cívico", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is clínico, spelled C-L-Í-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relacionado ou ligado à clínica
- 2envolvendo ou baseado em observação direta de paciente
- 3objetivo e evitando emoção; analítico
- 4austero e antisséptico
- 5relativo ao tratamento de paciente internado para tratamento de doença
- 6relativo aos sintomas observados no curso de uma doença
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclínico
- cllínico
- clníico
- clíinco
- clíncio
- clínicco
- clínioc
- clínnico
- cílnico
- lcínico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clínico - 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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Using “clínico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-Í-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkli.ni.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crítico” - see the side-by-side comparison. clínico vs crítico
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.