criminal

noun

The verdict

“criminal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,890
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jurisdição que trata dos processos criminais

Corpus desk

Index PT-criminal · criminal · Portuguese

criminal · rank #3,890 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,890
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH comemorar

Nearest frequency peer: comemorar (-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 “criminal”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “criminal” 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
Key facts for criminal
PropertyValue
Headwordcriminal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,890
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “criminal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).criminalcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “comemorar” (#3,889), “democrático” (#3,891), “cobre” (#3,888). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “criminal” fica em #3,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around criminal, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,890 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for criminal, with forms such as "ccriminal", "cirminal", and "criimnal". 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is criminal, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    jurisdição que trata dos processos criminais
  2. 2
    processo de um crime; tribunal de crimes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Processo que envolve o cível e o criminal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccriminal
  • cirminal
  • criimnal
  • crimianl
  • criminall
  • criminla
  • criminnal
  • crimminal
  • crimnial
  • crmiinal
  • crriminal
  • rciminal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccriminal1cirminal2criimnal2crimianl2criminall1criminla2criminnal1crimminal1
Edit distance from "criminal"

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 "criminal"?
"criminal" is spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.
What does "criminal" mean?
As a noun, "criminal" means: jurisdição que trata dos processos criminais
What are common misspellings of "criminal"?
Common misspellings include "ccriminal", "cirminal", "criimnal", "crimianl", "criminall". The correct spelling is "criminal".
What language does "criminal" come from?
"criminal" 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 "criminal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list