consumir
/kõ.su.ˈmiɾ/
The verdict
“consumir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - destruir
Corpus desk
Index PT-consumir · consumir · Portuguese
consumir · rank #11,238 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,238
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH constituinte
Nearest frequency peer: constituinte (-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 “consumir”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cobertor
cobertor
88,769 corpus weight
- compilação
compilação
88,767 corpus weight
- consolidar
consolidar
88,765 corpus weight
- constituinte
constituinte
88,764 corpus weight
- consumir
consumir
88,763 corpus weight
- contenção
contenção
88,762 corpus weight
What this shows “consumir” 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 | consumir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.su.ˈmiɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “consumir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around consumir (IPA /kõ.su.ˈmiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,238 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consumir, with forms such as "cconsumir", "cnosumir", and "connsumir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "consumo", "conduzir", "consumar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is consumir, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1destruir
- 2desfazer
- 3gastar
- 4comer
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how consumir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nem por isso é má ideia congelar frutas que estão prestes a estragar. “Se não dá para consumir in natura, use para fazer sucos, geleias, sorvetes."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconsumir
- cnosumir
- connsumir
- consmuir
- conssumir
- consuimr
- consumirr
- consummir
- consumri
- conusmir
- cosnumir
- ocnsumir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consumir - 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 "consumir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).