cripta
The verdict
“cripta” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,658 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,658
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - compartimento subterrâneo de uma igreja, utilizado para sepultamentos ou para conservar relíquias de caráter religioso
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cripta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cripta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cripta is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #29,658 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cripta, with forms such as "ccripta", "cirpta", and "cripat". 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 also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "crosta", "crista", "cristal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cripta, spelled C-R-I-P-T-A.
Definition
- 1compartimento subterrâneo de uma igreja, utilizado para sepultamentos ou para conservar relíquias de caráter religioso
- 2capela construída abaixo do nível do solo, sobre a qual pode ter sido erguida uma igreja principal
- 3corredor ou galeria subterrânea destinada a enterros; catacumba
- 4cavidade natural no subsolo, como uma gruta ou caverna
- 5lugar escondido ou de difícil acesso
- 6reentrância ou pequena cavidade em ossos ou tecidos
- 7depressão tubular presente em órgãos, como as criptas intestinais
- 8cavidade em órgãos vegetais
- 9espaço na superfície de certas folhas onde se localizam os estômatos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccripta,cirpta,cripat,crippta,criptta,critpa,crpita,crripta,rcipta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cripta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cripta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-I-P-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “crosta” - see the side-by-side comparison. cripta vs crosta
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.