coronavírus

noun

The verdict

“coronavírus” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,949 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#25,949
frequency rank, Portuguese
11
letters
16
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: vírus de genoma de RNA simples de sentido positivo (serve diretamente para a síntese proteica), conhecidos desde meados dos anos 1960

Key facts for coronavírus
PropertyValue
Headwordcoronavírus
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,949
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coronavírus” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). coronavírus lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for coronavírus is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #25,949 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vírus de genoma de RNA simples de sentido positivo (serve diretamente para a síntese proteica), conhecidos desde meados dos anos 1960".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for coronavírus, with forms such as "ccoronavírus", "coornavírus", and "cornoavírus". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is coronavírus, spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-V-Í-R-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vírus de genoma de RNA simples de sentido positivo (serve diretamente para a síntese proteica), conhecidos desde meados dos anos 1960

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoronavírus,coornavírus,cornoavírus,coroanvírus,coronavríus,coronavvírus,coronavírrus,coronavírsu,coronavíruss,coronavíurs,coronaívrus,coronnavírus,coronvaírus,corronavírus,croonavírus,ocronavírus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "coronavírus"

ccoronavírus1coornavírus2cornoavírus2coroanvírus2coronavríus2coronavvírus1coronavírrus1coronavírsu2
Edit distance from "coronavírus"

Frequency rank: #25,949 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coronavírus"?
"coronavírus" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-V-Í-R-U-S.
What does "coronavírus" mean?
As a noun, "coronavírus" means: vírus de genoma de RNA simples de sentido positivo (serve diretamente para a síntese proteica), conhecidos desde meados dos anos 1960
What are common misspellings of "coronavírus"?
Common misspellings include "ccoronavírus", "coornavírus", "cornoavírus", "coroanvírus", "coronavríus". The correct spelling is "coronavírus".
What language does "coronavírus" come from?
"coronavírus" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “coronavírus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-R-O-N-A-V-Í-R-U-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.