crescer
/kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“crescer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,965
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aumentar
Corpus desk
Index PT-crescer · crescer · Portuguese
crescer · rank #1,965 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,965
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH completo
Nearest frequency peer: completo (-2 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 “crescer”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- bateria
bateria
98,042 corpus weight
- completo
completo
98,038 corpus weight
- crescer
crescer
98,036 corpus weight
- declaração
declaração
98,034 corpus weight
- discussão
discussão
98,031 corpus weight
- documento
documento
98,030 corpus weight
What this shows “crescer” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crescer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “crescer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around crescer (IPA /kɾɨʃ.ˈseɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,965 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for crescer, with forms such as "ccrescer", "cerscer", and "crecser". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is crescer, spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1aumentar
- 2aumentar em altura ou estatura
- 3medrar
- 4desenvolver-se
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrescer
- cerscer
- crecser
- cresccer
- crescerr
- crescre
- cresecr
- cresscer
- crrescer
- crsecer
- rcescer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crescer - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crescer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).