crescente
/kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“crescente” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,319
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que cresce
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crescente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crescente” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around crescente (IPA /kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,319 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que cresce".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for crescente, with forms such as "ccrescente", "cerscente", and "crecsente". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is crescente, spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que cresce
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrescente
- cerscente
- crecsente
- cresccente
- crescenet
- crescennte
- crescentte
- crescetne
- crescnete
- cresecnte
- cresscente
- crrescente
- crsecente
- rcescente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crescente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “crescente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.