credível

adj

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The verdict

“credível” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,813
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em que se pode crer ou acreditar

Corpus desk

Index PT-credivel · credível · Portuguese

credível · rank #27,813 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,813
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cos

Nearest frequency peer: cos (-3 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 “credível”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “credível” 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).

credível vs crível
75% similar

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

Key facts for credível
PropertyValue
Headwordcredível
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,813
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “credível”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.credívelcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cos” (#27,810), “custom” (#27,822), “contest” (#27,803). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “credível” fica em #27,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around credível, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,813 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "em que se pode crer ou acreditar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for credível, with forms such as "ccredível", "cerdível", and "crdeível". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crível", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is credível, spelled C-R-E-D-Í-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    em que se pode crer ou acreditar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Para qualquer meta de longo prazo, é preciso haver metas credíveis de médio prazo, na faixa de 25%-40%", disse um importante negociador indiano, Dinesh Patnaik.

This word in other languages

credible(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccredível
  • cerdível
  • crdeível
  • creddível
  • credvíel
  • credíevl
  • credívell
  • credívle
  • credívvel
  • creídvel
  • crredível
  • rcedível

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccredível1cerdível2crdeível2creddível1credvíel2credíevl2credívell1credívle2
Edit distance from "credível"

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 "credível"?
"credível" is spelled C-R-E-D-Í-V-E-L.
What does "credível" mean?
As an adjective, "credível" means: em que se pode crer ou acreditar
What words are commonly confused with "credível"?
"credível" is commonly confused with "crível". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "credível" come from?
"credível" 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 "credível", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

desapego#27,830empurrão#27,846carteiro#27,777baronesa#27,748

Similar misspelling depth

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

carroceria12 variantsbebedouro12 variantsbebedeira12 variantsimensidão12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list