compulsório

adj

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The verdict

“compulsório” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,712. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,712
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obrigatório

Corpus desk

Index PT-compulsorio · compulsório · Portuguese

compulsório · rank #37,712 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,712
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH condicionar

Nearest frequency peer: condicionar (+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 “compulsório”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “compulsório” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for compulsório
PropertyValue
Headwordcompulsório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#37,712
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “compulsório”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).compulsóriocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “condicionar” (#37,713), “colágeno” (#37,703), “contravenção” (#37,723). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “compulsório” fica em #37,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around compulsório, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,712 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "obrigatório".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for compulsório, with forms such as "ccompulsório", "cmopulsório", and "commpulsório". 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is compulsório, spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    obrigatório

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how compulsório appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. no Brasil, o serviço militar é compulsório para os homens

This word in other languages

compulsory(English)obligatorio(Español)obligatoire(Français)erforderlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompulsório
  • cmopulsório
  • commpulsório
  • complusório
  • comppulsório
  • compullsório
  • compulsróio
  • compulssório
  • compulsóiro
  • compulsóroi
  • compulsórrio
  • compulósrio
  • compuslório
  • comuplsório
  • copmulsório
  • ocmpulsório

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compulsório - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccompulsório1cmopulsório2commpulsório1complusório2comppulsório1compullsório1compulsróio2compulssório1
Edit distance from "compulsório"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compulsório"?
"compulsório" is spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-Ó-R-I-O.
What does "compulsório" mean?
As an adjective, "compulsório" means: obrigatório
What are common misspellings of "compulsório"?
Common misspellings include "ccompulsório", "cmopulsório", "commpulsório", "complusório", "comppulsório". The correct spelling is "compulsório".
What language does "compulsório" come from?
"compulsório" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compulsório", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

condicionar#37,713doutrinação#37,769averiguação#37,651esporádicos#37,789

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

federalista16 variantsimprudência16 variantstrimestral16 variantspositivismo16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list