Comic
[ˈkɔmɪk]
The verdict
“Comic” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #18,283 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,283
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - banda desenhada
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 | Comic |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔmɪk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Comic” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Comic is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɔmɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,283 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "banda desenhada".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Comic, with forms such as "ccomic", "cmoic", and "coimc". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "como", "comum", "cópia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Comic, spelled C-O-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1banda desenhada
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomic,cmoic,coimc,comci,comicc,commic,ocmic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Comic - 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 “Comic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɔmɪk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “como” - see the side-by-side comparison. Comic vs como
- 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.