complementar
/kõ.plɨ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“complementar” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,019
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que complementa
Corpus desk
Index PT-complementar · complementar · Portuguese
complementar · rank #8,019 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,019
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chuveiro
Nearest frequency peer: chuveiro (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “complementar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- carácter
carácter
91,986 corpus weight
- católico
católico
91,985 corpus weight
- caído
caído
91,984 corpus weight
- chuveiro
chuveiro
91,983 corpus weight
- complementar
complementar
91,982 corpus weight
- compor
compor
91,981 corpus weight
What this shows “complementar” 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 | complementar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kõ.plɨ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “complementar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around complementar (IPA /kõ.plɨ.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,019 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que complementa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for complementar, with forms such as "ccomplementar", "cmoplementar", and "comlpementar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "complemento", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 complementar, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1que complementa
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomplementar
- cmoplementar
- comlpementar
- commplementar
- compelmentar
- compleemntar
- complemenatr
- complemenntar
- complementarr
- complementra
- complementtar
- complemetnar
- complemmentar
- complemnetar
- compllementar
- complmeentar
- compplementar
- copmlementar
- ocmplementar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of complementar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "complementar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).