clitóris
/kli.'tɔ.ɾɪs/
The verdict
“clitóris” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #26,672 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,672
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno órgão do corpo feminino que fica na vulva e é um dos responsáveis pelo prazer sexual da mulher
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clitóris |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kli.'tɔ.ɾɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clitóris” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for clitóris is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kli.'tɔ.ɾɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,672 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pequeno órgão do corpo feminino que fica na vulva e é um dos responsáveis pelo prazer sexual da mulher".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for clitóris, with forms such as "cclitóris", "ciltóris", and "clitróis". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is clitóris, spelled C-L-I-T-Ó-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1pequeno órgão do corpo feminino que fica na vulva e é um dos responsáveis pelo prazer sexual da mulher
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclitóris,ciltóris,clitróis,clittóris,clitóirs,clitóriss,clitórris,clitórsi,cliótris,cllitóris,cltióris,lcitóris
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clitóris - 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 “clitóris”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-I-T-Ó-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kli.'tɔ.ɾɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.