consumo

noun

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The verdict

“consumo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,134
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a ação de consumir

Corpus desk

Index PT-consumo · consumo · Portuguese

consumo · rank #2,134 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,134
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH conflito

Nearest frequency peer: conflito (-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 “consumo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “consumo” 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).

consumo vs contudo
71% similar
consumo vs cônsul
57% similar
consumo vs consigo
71% similar

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

Key facts for consumo
PropertyValue
Headwordconsumo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,134
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “consumo”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “conflito” (#2,133), “camisa” (#2,132), “curto” (#2,136). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “consumo” fica em #2,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around consumo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,134 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for consumo, with forms such as "cconsumo", "cnosumo", and "connsumo". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "contudo", "cônsul", "consigo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is consumo, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    a ação de consumir
  2. 2
    a quantidade consumida

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O consumo de drogas tem aumentado sem cessar.
  2. Este é um carro de baixo consumo de combustível.

This word in other languages

consumption(English)consumo(Español)consommation(Français)Konsum(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsumo
  • cnosumo
  • connsumo
  • consmuo
  • conssumo
  • consummo
  • consuom
  • conusmo
  • cosnumo
  • ocnsumo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconsumo1cnosumo2connsumo1consmuo2conssumo1consummo1consuom2conusmo2
Edit distance from "consumo"

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 "consumo"?
"consumo" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-O.
What does "consumo" mean?
As a noun, "consumo" means: a ação de consumir
What words are commonly confused with "consumo"?
"consumo" is commonly confused with "contudo", "cônsul", "consigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "consumo" come from?
"consumo" 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 "consumo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disputa#2,138línguas#2,151Rodrigo#2,117retorno#2,116

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tradição10 variantsantigos10 variantscondição10 variantscliente10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list