confisco

/kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente)

//kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente)/ noun

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The verdict

“confisco” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,014
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de confiscar

Corpus desk

Index PT-confisco · confisco · Portuguese

confisco · rank #27,014 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,014
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH confortar

Nearest frequency peer: confortar (+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 “confisco”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “confisco” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

confisco vs conosco
75% similar
confisco vs confuso
75% similar
confisco vs confusão
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for confisco
PropertyValue
Headwordconfisco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente)
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,014
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “confisco”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).confiscocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “confortar” (#27,015), “contemplação” (#27,018), “cortês” (#27,024). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “confisco” fica em #27,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around confisco (IPA /kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,014 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for confisco, with forms such as "cconfisco", "cnofisco", and "cofnisco". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "conosco", "confuso", "confusão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is confisco, spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de confiscar
  2. 2
    confisco¹ realizado pelo Estado como penalidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nenhuma delas prevê desapropriação ou confisco de bens das empresas estrangeiras em operação no país.

Synonyms

confiscação

This word in other languages

confiscation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfisco
  • cnofisco
  • cofnisco
  • conffisco
  • conficso
  • confiscco
  • confisoc
  • confissco
  • confsico
  • conifsco
  • connfisco
  • ocnfisco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confisco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconfisco1cnofisco2cofnisco2conffisco1conficso2confiscco1confisoc2confissco1
Edit distance from "confisco"

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 "confisco"?
"confisco" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente).
What does "confisco" mean?
As a noun, "confisco" means: ato ou efeito de confiscar
What words are commonly confused with "confisco"?
"confisco" is commonly confused with "conosco", "confuso", "confusão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confisco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confisco" is /kõ.ˈfiʃ.ku/, /kõ.ˈfis.ku/ (menos frequente). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confisco" come from?
"confisco" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

censurar#27,002december#27,035desfeita#27,047atributo#26,972

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

aprontar12 variantsaperitivo12 variantsangariação12 variantsaderência12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list